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Challenge 389: Prime Values

Find a value for n, where n is an integer, for which all three of the expressions below will have a prime value.

3n - 1

9n2 - 6n + 8

9n2 + 6n - 2

Prove that there are no other integer values of n which will produce all prime values.

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