In 1848,Frédéric sorrieu,a French artist,prepared a series of "X" prints visualising his dream of a world made up of democratic and social republics.
If,it is known that
X+1 is a prime number.
X-1 is also a prime number.
X-2 is also a prime number.
Find the value of X.
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One of the three numbers X − 2 , X − 1 , X + 1 must be even. The only even prime number is 2 . So, one of them is 2 , while the other two are odd. The only such triple is 2 , 3 , 5 . Hence X − 2 = 2 ⟹ X = 4 .