SOLUTION: Two integers have a product of -24. What is the largest possible sum of the two integers

Question 1125768: Two integers have a product of -24. What is the largest possible sum of the two integers

Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Two integers have a product of -24.
...solve or
...eq.1
Since doesn't have that many factors, you can do this simply by testing
all factors
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 24 (8 divisors)
since product could be written as , our integers could be is and is
if so, the largest possible sum is .

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