HELP PLZZ
Find two numbers whose difference is 5 and whose product is a minimum.

Question

turingtest · Answer

please post only one question at a time

the second question belongs in physics as well, not math

turingtest · Answer

is this calculus?

anonymous · Answer

well......no end of algebra 2
so a little pre calc.....i guess

anonymous · Answer

so what would it be???
5 and 0? for 1 
and 428 for 2?

turingtest · Answer

like I said, one Q at a time please

anonymous · Answer

oh ok
so should i delete this or just write it down here?

anonymous · Answer

or edit it?

turingtest · Answer

no I fixed it

anonymous · Answer

oh wow
THANKS

turingtest · Answer

so we can get two facts from the first statement:
"the difference between two numbers is 5"
how would you write that with "math language" ?

anonymous · Answer

a-b=5?

turingtest · Answer

right, and we can rewrite that also as$$a=b+5$$right?
(this will sere us in the next step)

turingtest · Answer

"the product of these two numbers is a minimum"
forget the "minimum" part for now
how would you write the statement about the product of the two numbers?

anonymous · Answer

im not sure

anonymous · Answer

turingtest
where didd you go?

anonymous · Answer

is it 428???????

turingtest · Answer

sorry I was afk
the product of the two number is $ab$ right?
and we can write $a$ in terms of $b$ thanks to the other statement we have above
so using that sub for $a$, how can we rewrite $ab$?

anonymous · Answer

idk