SOLUTION: Find the 2 real numbers whose difference is 12 and whose product is as small as possible. Justify your answer using the 1st or 2nd derivative test.
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Question 999604: Find the 2 real numbers whose difference is 12 and whose product is as small as possible. Justify your answer using the 1st or 2nd derivative test.
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Thank you Answer by fractalier(6550) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! We need to minimize
f(x)=x(12+x)=12x + x^2
Set the derivative equal to zero and get
f'(x) = 12 + 2x = 0
and x = -6
The second derivative is
f''(x) = 2
so you know it is a minimum.
Thus the two numbers are
-6 and 6, and the product is -36.
