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Prove or disprove the following statement. "For every positive integer $n$, if $n$ is prime, then 12 and $n^3-n^2+n$ have a common factor."
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We start by factoring the expression: \[ n^3 - n^2 + n = n(n^2 - n + 1). \] Show more…
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