Question

Among all pairs of numbers whose sum is 12 , find a pair whose product is as large as possible. What is the maximum product? Show steps.

Answer 1

Answer:

We can only take positive number , Because negative is always smaller than positive.

We can take ,

6 + 6 = 12 .

6 x 6 = 36.

Where both are largest numbers possible.

Thus, the answer is 36.