How many ways can the number 100,001 be written as the sum of two primes?
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Since 1 0 0 0 0 1 is odd, then one of the two primes must be even while the other is odd. Clearly one of them is 2 and so the other is 1 0 0 0 0 1 − 2 = 9 9 9 9 . But 9 9 9 9 is a composite number, hence, it can never be written as the sum of two primes.