Can an odd number, divided by another odd number, times another odd number ever equal an even number?
If "yes," then find three numbers that work. If "no," then why not?
Clarification: The three odd numbers can be different numbers.
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we know '0' is an even number .. so if one number is zero 0/1*3=0 so this results true.. is it the way?
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it says (odd/odd)*odd=even
you can only use zero on right side of equation where "even"is found how can you use odd numbers and division and multiplication to come up with zero?
Because 0 is even we cant use it in this case
any no. can be written as the product of its prime factors. an even number is a number having 2 as one of its factors. so all the three no.s in the question don't have 2 as its factors. hence their product or its quotient cannot be even
I Just used a extremely simple and useful mathematic principle O d d O d d × 1 O d d = E v e n 1 × O d d = E v e n O d d = E v e n
although the end statement is correct, I do not think you can use this method because you are implying that odd/odd are the same number. Easy counter example is 3/5 ......the question just ask if this can ever be true, suggesting that odd/odd doesn't have to be the same number
Well, it is true that O 2 O 1 ⋅ O 3 can't be an even number it might not always be an odd number as well. We don't have definition for odd/even rational numbers .
While the answer is correct, an odd number divided by an odd number is not always 1. For example, 3 / 1 follows the Odd/Odd and is not equal to 1.
The odds can’t be the same number bro. Good try though
Lets take 1 for the odd position,the answer will be 1 which is not even!
You're doing arithmetic in F 2 × on the left. Which is closed. The right is not an element of that group, so it is not possible.
Let A , B , C be the odd numbers and E be the even one. B A ⋅ C = E ⇒ B A = C E = λ ⇒ ⎩ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎨ ⎪ ⎪ ⎪ ⎧ E = λ ⋅ C ⇒ E is even C is odd λ = 2 ⋅ k ( ∗ ) A = λ ⋅ B ⇒ ( ∗ ) A = 2 ⋅ ( k ⋅ B ) → ( C o n t r a d i c t i o n ! )
If 2 is a factor of the product, then 2 has to be a factor of either the multiplier or the multiplicand. Which is not the case here. One might ask, can (ODD/ODD) yield an even quotient? It cannot. Again, if the quotient is a multiple of two, then the dividend has to be a multiple of 2 too.
If (O1/O2) O3 = E, then, O1/O2 has to be a even number, because (Odd number) (Odd number) = (Odd number).
But if O1/O2 = E, then, O1 = O2 E. Thus O1 is an even number, because (Odd number) (Even number) = (Even number). This is an absurde!
Thus, (O1/O2)*O3 = E can never happen.
From the question " [Odd/Odd] x Odd = Even ". We get Odd x Odd = Odd x Even = Even. (multiply Odd) NONE of Odd number production can give even number. The answer is NO
NO! Take the odd number as 1 . 1 1 times 1 is 1 * !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! * THE ANSWER IS AN ODD NUMBER!!!!!!!!!!!
No, it can't happen. Cause, When we divide an odd by an odd that will also an odd number. so (Odd/Odd)=always Odd.And multiply of Two odd numbers is also an odd number.(Odd x Odd)=Odd So it can't happen.
Counter example: (21/7)*3 = 9 that is odd.
Genral form of odd is (2n+1) or (2n-1)
so if we take 2n-1 we get (2n-1)/(2n-1)*(2n-1) => (2n-1).. i.e.., Another odd number only.
Every odd number Is a multiple of 2 odd number If we divide with an odd number the number left is odd and then multiplying it by odd would result odd
Because when we divide any odd number by another odd number it will give odd number and multiply will be also an odd number.for e.g. (17/5)*7=an odd no.
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No, it can't happen.
Let's first rewrite this equation:
O 2 O 1 ⋅ O 3 = E
O 1 ⋅ O 3 = E ⋅ O 2
O 1 , O 2 and O 3 are all odd and E is even. This means, we can write them in the following form, where p , m , n , k ∈ Z :
( 2 p + 1 ) ⋅ ( 2 m + 1 ) = 2 n ⋅ ( 2 k + 1 ) 4 p m + 2 p + 2 m + 1 = 4 n k + 2 n 2 ⋅ ( 2 p m + p + m ) + 1 = 2 ⋅ ( 2 n k + n )
This means: ODD x ODD = ODD and ODD x EVEN = EVEN .
This means again that our equation can never be true