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Consider the following conjecture.

There are no prime numbers between 7,608 and 7,620
How could this statement be shown to be true or false? Would it still be a conjecture if no counterexample were found? Explain

Consider the following conjecture. There are no prime numbers between 7,608 and 7,620 How-example-1
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There are no prime numbers between7,608 and 7,620

A prime number is a whole number greater than 1 whose only factors are 1 and itself

The numbers between 7608 and 7620 are:

7609,7610,7611,7612,7613,7614,7615,7616,7617,7618,7619

Here we have to check these numbers are prime number or not

Prime factorization

7609=7×1087

7610=2×5×761

7611=3×43×59

7612=2×2×11×173

7613=23×331

7614=2×3×3×3×3×47

7615=5×1523

7616=2×2×2×2×2×2×7×17

7617=3×2539

7618=2×13×293

7619=19×401

Hence, proved that there are no prime numbers between7608 and 7620

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