Is there ANY number, when it is substituted in the quadratic formula (x2 - x + 41), the result is a composite number? Please explain how to find this number or the rule that makes no number possible...THANK YOU!

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hero · Answer

What?

anonymous · Answer

Here's the assignment: "Mathematicians have been searching for a formula that yields prime numbers.  One such formula   was x2 - x + 41.  Select some numbers for x, substitute them in the formula, and see if prime numbers occur.  Try to find a number for x that when substituted in the formula yields a composite number." I am trying to do the second part-substituting a number for x that yields a composite number.

anonymous · Answer

hmm it occurs to me that you might need to search a number so that  one can factorize something from the formula, 41 might do the job

anonymous · Answer

so 〖  41〗^2-41+41=41×41=1681...what are the factor of 1681?

anonymous · Answer

oh wait, 41 x 41

anonymous · Answer

lol