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Find two positive numbers and suchthat their sum is 35 and the product x2y5 is a maximum



Answer -

Let one number be x. Then, theother number is y = (35 − x).

Let P(x) = x2y5. Then, we have:

x =0, x = 35, x = 10

When x =35,

 and y = 35 − 35 = 0.This will make the product x2 y5 equalto 0.

When x = 0, y =35 − 0 = 35 and the product x2y2 willbe 0.

 x = 0 and x = 35 cannotbe the possible values of x.

When x = 10, we have:

By second derivative test, P(x) willbe the maximum when x = 10 and y = 35 − 10 =25.

Hence, the required numbers are 10 and 25.

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