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This is calculus optimization problem. In a book answers are 12 and 24.
Please show how you did it.
Thank you.
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Let x and y be the two numbers so that S=2x+y and xy=288.

Solve the second equation for one of the variables
x=288/y.

Plug this in to the first equation.
S=576/y+y

Take the derivative.

dS/dy=-576/y^2+1

Set dS/dy = 0 and solve for y.

y^2-576=0
y=24

24x=288
x=12
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