alleryStart learning →What did Euclid show about primes around 300 BC?
AThey end at 97 exactly
BOnly finitely many exist
CAll of them are odd
DInfinitely many exist
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Infinitely many exist
Euclid proved that any finite list of primes is incomplete, so primes never run out.
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