Even sum of two different primes up to 20
Question
Two different primes are chosen uniformly at random from the primes in . What is the probability that they add up to an even number?
Short answer
. There are such primes, and every one except is odd. The sum is even exactly when is not chosen, which happens with probability .
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- Counting and Combinatorics
- Continuous Random Variables and Probability Density Functions
- Cumulative Distribution Functions
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