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illsternog illsternog
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This is calculus optimization problem.
Please show how you did it.
Thank you.
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asmith2013asmith2013
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Let one number be x.  Then the second is 288/x.
Minimize sum = 2*x + 288/x
f'(x) = 2 - 288/x^2 = 0
x = 12 or -12
You specified positive, so the numbers are 12 and 24
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