The sum of two numbers is odd. Can the quotient of the two numbers be an odd number?

No.

Step-by-step explanation:

I guess that here we have the statement:

If the sum of two numbers is odd> can their quotient be an odd number?

first, for n an integer number, we have that:

an odd number can be written as 2n + 1

an even number can be written as 2n.

The sum of two numbers is only odd if one of them is odd and the other even.

Then we have a number that is 2n and other that is 2k + 1, for n and k integer numbers.

Now, let's see if the quotient can also be an odd number.

One way to think this is:

There is an odd number such that when we multiply it by another odd number, the result is an even number?

no, and i can prove it as:

let 2k + 1 be an odd number, and 2j + 1 other.

the product is:

(2k + 1)*(2j + 1) = 2*(2*k*j + k + j) + 1

and as k and j are integers, also does 2*k*j + k + j, so:

2*(2*k*j + k + j) + 1 is an odd number.

This says that the product of two odd numbers is always odd, then we never can have that the quotient between an even number and an odd number is odd.

something that characterises a right triangle is the fact that we may use pythagoras' theorem to find any one of its sides given that we have the length of the other two sides. here, we have the length of the hypotenuse, √(87) yd, and one other side, √(23) yd, thus we can easily find the length of the remaining side using pythagoras' theorem as defined below:

c^2 = a^2 + b^2, where c is the length of the hypotenuse, and a and b are the lengths of the other two sides.

thus, given that c = √(87) and a = √(23), we may substitute these into the formula we defined above to get:

c^2 = a^2 + b^2

(√87)^2 = (√23)^2 + b^2 (substitute c = √87 and a = √23 into the equation)

87 = 23 + b^2 (evaluate (√87)^2 = 87 and (√23)^2 = 23 - remember that the square root of a number, squared will equal that very same number)

64 = b^2 (subtract 23 from both sides)

√64 = b (take the square root of both sides)

8 = b (evaluate √64 = 8)

therefor, the length of the unknown leg in the right triangle is 8 yd (first answer).