SOLUTION: find two positive numbers such that their sum is 25 and their product is a maximum?

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Question 445093: find two positive numbers such that their sum is 25 and their product is a maximum?
Answer by chriswen(106) About Me  (Show Source):
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To get the highest product you want to two numbers that are the closest and in the middle. So 12 and 13 will result in the highest product of 156.