document.write( "Question 1164322: The numbers 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 are to be entered into the 10 boxes shown below, so that each number is used exactly once:
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document.write( "P = (blank + blank + blank + blank+ blank)(blank + blank + blank + blank + blank)
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document.write( "What is the maximum value of P? What is the minimum value of P?
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document.write( "Blank stands for the empty boxes that were in the original problem.
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document.write( "Can you solve with the AM GM inequality? I don't really get it. \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #788658 by solver91311(24713)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! \r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The sum of the numbers from 1 to 5 is 15, and the sum of the numbers from 6 to 10 is 40. If you average the integers from 1 to 10, you get 27.5, so the closest you can get to having the average on either side is 28 and 27 one way or the other.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The product of the extreme values, 15 and 40 is 600, the product of the mean values 27 and 28 is 756.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The total possibilities for the sums on either side are \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "There are two ways to do the extreme values, 1 through 5 in the first set and 6 through 10 in the second set, or vice versa. There are at least 8 different ways to make 28 with 5 of the numbers from 1 to 10, so take your pick.\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "John \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it \n" ); document.write( " ![]() \n" ); document.write( " |