7p + 4 is a perfect square say $m^2$
so $7p = m^2 -4 = (m+2)(m-2)$
now there are 2 cases
- p is 2 which gives 7p + 4 = 18 which is not a perfect square
so
2. p is odd
so 7p is odd and $m^2 -4$ is odd
so m+2 and m-2 are co-primes as they differ by 4
so m+2 = 7, m-2 = p gives p = 3 which is prime and m = 5
or m+2 = p and m-2 = 7 giving m = 9 and p =11 which is a prime
so p = 3 or 11
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