Question 340277: what pair of whole numbers with a sum of 45 has the greatest possible product?
Answer by texttutoring(324)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! For questions like this, you need to choose the two numbers that are closest together.
The answer is 22 and 23. Try it on your calculator, and test a few other numbers, such as 24 and 21, or 25 and 20, and so on. You will see that if the two numbers are as close together as possible, you are maximizing the product.
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