SOLUTION: The sum of a number and three times another number is 18. Find the numbers if their product is a maximum. Please Help :)
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Question 118360: The sum of a number and three times another number is 18. Find the numbers if their product is a maximum. Please Help :)
Answer by scott8148(6628) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let x=number, y="other number" ___ x+3y=18 ___ x=18-3y
product=x*y ___ p=(18-3y)y ___ p=18y-3y^2
maximum is on the axis of symmetry ___ y=-b/2a ___ y=-18/(2(-3)) ___ y=3
x+3(3)=18 ___ x=9
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