Question

"The sum of two numbers is 34, their product is a maximum" - What is a maximum

Answer 1

erm is the answer 17 and 17?

Answer 2

Yes, but what is a maximum????

Answer 3

17 times 17 = 289

Answer 4

area of square is largest

Answer 5

... so is the maximum the greatest product?

Answer 6

17 and 17 are the numbers that give the maximum, but the maximum is what you get when you multiply them together.

Answer 7

so it's not, say , 16*18 because that comse up to a smaller number than 17*17?

Answer 8

max, means the greatest number

Answer 9

ok thanks