The product of two numbers is 34. Find the sum of the two numbers S(x) as a function of one of the numbers, x. S(x) 34 = x + Find the positive numbers that minimize the sum and list them in increasing order: (smaller number) (larger number) Let c be the smaller of the two numbers that minimize the sum. Then c = V34 S'(c) = 0 and V34 S"(c) = 17
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![The product of two numbers is 34. Find the sum of the two numbers S(x) as a function of one of the numbers, x.
34
S(x) = x+
Find the positive numbers that minimize the sum and list them in increasing order:
(smaller number)
(larger number)
Let c be the smaller of the two numbers that minimize the sum. Then
c = V34
S'(c) = 0
and
V34
S"(c) =
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