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The smallest 3-digit prime number is:
Answer: Option E
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The smallest 3-digit number is 100, which is divisible by 2.
`therefore` 100 is not a prime number.
`sqrt(101)` < 11 and 101 is not divisible by any of the prime numbers
2, 3, 5, 7, 11.
`therefore` 101 is a prime number
Hence 101 is the smallest 3-digit prime number.
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