According to the question it said <u>i</u><u>n</u><u>c</u><u>r</u><u>e</u><u>a</u><u>s</u><u>e</u><u> </u><u>to</u><u> </u>and that is why I only multiplied but if the question said <u>increase</u><u> </u><u>by</u><u> </u>then I would have to add my product (8.9375) to the original height of the photo.
third choice : Let 2a + 1 be one odd number, and let 2b + 1 be the other odd number. (2a + 1) + (2b + 1) = 2a + 2b + 2 = 2(a + b + 1). Because 2(a + b + 1) is evenly divisible by 2, it is an even number.