MATH 302 Quiz 3
November 13, 2007 Name
This is to be turned in on Thursday, November ‘15.
I want a clean, polished solution to the following. Attach to the back, your scratch work. The
maximum score on the quiz is 6 points.
1. 1 point The odd number 7can be expressed as 16 −9=42
−32, a difference of two squares.
Express each of 17 and 83 as the difference of two squares.
2. 2 points Demonstrate that every odd number 2n+ 1 may be expressed as the difference of two
squares”
3. 3 points Demonstrate which even numbers can be expressed as a difference of two squares.