# [SOLVED]S8.3.7.3. whose sum is a minimum

#### karush

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S8.3.7.3.
Find two positive numbers whose product is 100 and whose sum is a minimum
$x(100-x)=100x-x^2=100$

So far

Looks like it's 10+10=20

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and just a tablet where overkeaf does not work

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#### Prove It

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S8.3.7.3.
Find two positive numbers whose product is 100 and whose sum is a minimum
$x(100-x)=100x-x^2=100$

So far

Looks like it's 10+10=20

Doing all my lockdown hw here
and just a tablet where overkeaf does not work
The way you have defined the product implies that $\displaystyle x + y = 100$, which it almost certainly doesn't.

You are told the product is 100, so $\displaystyle x\,y = 100 \implies y = \frac{100}{x}$.

The sum needs to be minimised, so your sum function is

\displaystyle \begin{align*} S &= x + y \\ S &= x + \frac{100}{x} \end{align*}

Now minimise the amount.

#### karush

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$S'=\left(x + \dfrac{100}{x}\right)' = 1 - \dfrac{100}{x^2}$
So
$S'(0)=10$

#### skeeter

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$S'=\left(x + \dfrac{100}{x}\right)' = 1 - \dfrac{100}{x^2}$
So
$S'(0)=10$
No, $S'(0)$ is undefined ...

$S'(x) = 0$ at $x=10$