Question

how do you express 41 as the sum of three odd prime numbers

Answer 1

19+19+3 = 41
as 19 and 3 both are odd prime numbers.

Answer 2

The data given in the question is that we have to express the number 41 as the sum of three odd prime numbers.

Here 41 is already  a prime number.

It has to be expressed as sum of three odd prime numbers.

Even numbers cannot be a prime except 2.

so,focusing on odd numbers let us consider set of odd numbers below 41 they are 3,5,7,11,13,17,19,23,29,31,37,41

From this set we need three numbers whose addition is equal to 41.The double the number 23 is 46 which is not acceptable .

so in this case we can take numbers before 23

The possibilities were 11+17+13=41

19+19+3=41

These are the only possibilities with 3 odd numbers.

The 3 odd numbers are 11+13+17.

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