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Let n be an integer, with n ≥ 2. Prove by contradiction that if n is...

Let n be an integer, with n ≥ 2. Prove by contradiction that if n is not a prime number, then n is divisible by an integer x with 1 < x ≤√n.

[Note: An integer m is divisible by another integer n if there exists a third integer k such that m = nk. This is just a formal way of saying that m is divisible by n if m n is an integer.]

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