document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=466614>Question 466614</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Find 2 numbers whose difference is 16 and whose product is minimun </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #319892 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Gogonati><B>Gogonati(855)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-11.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Gogonati><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Gogonati><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=319892\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Let = x the first number, then the other number is x+16, and their product is the <BR>\n" );
document.write( "function f(x)=x(x+16). The graph of this function is an  upward parabola, where the<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y-coordinate of its vertex is the minimum value of the function.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Write the equation of the parabola in standard form:<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=f%28x%29=%28x%5E2%2B16x%2B64%29-64 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"f%28x%29=%28x%5E2%2B16x%2B64%29-64\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=f%28x%29=%28x%2B8%29%5E2-64 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"f%28x%29=%28x%2B8%29%5E2-64\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, from the final equation we see that the vertex is: \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(-8, -64). Therefore two numbers are -8 and -8+16=8, where their difference is<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8-(-8)=16, and their minimum product is -64. </SPAN>\n" );
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