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Split the number in half and make an equation adding the two together to make the desired amount. Unless the number that is half the total is prime, adjust the first number down by an amount to make it a Prime number, then adjust the second one up by an equal amount and check whether it is also a prime number. If the second number is also a prime number, you have found two prime numbers that equal the desired amount. If not, adjust the first number down to another prime number, repeating the procedure above until you have two prime numbers.
If you split 42 in half, the result is 21. Take the equation 21 + 21 = 42. Since 21 is not prime, adjust the first number down to 19 which is the first prime number below 21. That means the other number would be 23, which is prime. So, you have two prime numbers that add up to 42 = 19 + 23.
The prime factorization of 42 is 2 x 3 x 7, so it has three factors that are prime: 2, 3, and 7.
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