Among all pairs of numbers with a sum of 185, find the pair whose product is maximum. write your answers as fractions reduced to

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3 years ago

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lowest terms.

2 answers:

pochemuha · Answer 1 · 2022-02-12T11:55:20+03:00

pochemuha3 years ago

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The product of the two numbers that are each half of 185 will be the maximum
.. 185/2 and 185/2

Juliette [100K] · Answer 2 · 2022-02-12T13:13:29+03:00

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Two numbers that we can chose here are half of 185 each.

As they will give us maximum product.

So the two numbers would be 185/2 and 185/2

$Product = \frac{185}{2} * \frac{185}{2}$

On multiplying we will get,

34225/4

Answer : The two numbers are 185/2 and 185/2.