document.write( "Question 1125768: Two integers have a product of -24. What is the largest possible sum of the two integers
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\n" ); document.write( "Two integers have a product of -24. \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"x%2Ay=-24\"$ ...solve or $\"y\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"y=-24%2Fx\"$ ...eq.1\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Since $\"-24\"$ doesn't have that many factors, you can do this simply by testing
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\n" ); document.write( "1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 24 (8 divisors)\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "since product could be written as $\"-1%2A24\"$ , our integers could be $\"x\"$ is $\"-1\"$ and $\"y\"$ is $\"24\"$ \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "if so, the largest possible sum is $\"-1%2B24=23\"$ .\r
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