Get ready Part 7
A composite (positive integer) is a product with and not necessarily distinct integers in .Is every composite is expressible as ,with positive integers?
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1 solution
If we write a = x + 1 and b = y + 1 then a b = ( x + 1 ) ( y + 1 ) = x y + x + y + 1 . Now let z = 1 .