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There is no pair of prime numbers which sum to 101.

Proof :

101 is an odd number

two odd numbers always sum to an even number

to arrive at 101 we need one odd and one even

the only even prime is 2.

the only possible pair is thus 2 and 99.

but, 99 is not prime - it factors to 3, 3, 11.

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