Cônsider the following problem: Find two numbers whose sum is 15 and whose product is as large as possible. (a) Experiment with the problem by making a table like the one following, showing the product of different pairs of numbers that add up to 15. On the basis of the evidence in your table, estimate the answer to the problem. (Round your answers to one decimal place. Enter your answers as a comma-separated list.) First number x Second number y Product p 14 14 13 26 3 12 36 (b) Find a function that models the product in terms of x, the first of the two numbers. p(x) = (c) Use your model to solve the problem. Compare with your answer to part (a). (Enter your answers as a comma-separated list.) Need Help? Read It

Cônsider the following problem: Find two numbers whose sum is 15 and whose product is as large as possible. (a) Experiment with the problem by making a table like the one following, showing the product of different pairs of numbers that add up to 15. On the basis of the evidence in your table, estimate the answer to the problem. (Round your answers to one decimal place. Enter your answers as a comma-separated list.) First number x Second number y Product p 14 14 13 26 3 12 36 (b) Find a function that models the product in terms of x, the first of the two numbers. p(x) = (c) Use your model to solve the problem. Compare with your answer to part (a). (Enter your answers as a comma-separated list.) Need Help? Read It

Algebra: Structure And Method, Book 1

(REV)00th Edition

ISBN:9780395977224

Author:Richard G. Brown, Mary P. Dolciani, Robert H. Sorgenfrey, William L. Cole

Publisher:Richard G. Brown, Mary P. Dolciani, Robert H. Sorgenfrey, William L. Cole

Chapter7: Applying Fractions

Section7.1: Ratios

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