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Twin primes are found when a smaller prime number is subtracted from a larger prime number and the result is 2. How many pairs of twin pairs of twin primes are there that are less than 100?A. 5B. 6C. 7D. 8

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Solution:

The twin primes between 1 and 100 are;

(3, 5), (5, 7), (11, 13), (17, 19), (29, 31), (41, 43), (59, 61), (71, 73).

So that, we can conclude that the correct answer is:

8

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