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OpenStudy (anonymous):

the product of threepositive integers is 300.if one of them is 5,what is the least possible value of the sum of the other two ?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

5ab = 300 ab = 60, the smallest sum is the result of the closest factors 1,60 add to 61 2, 30 add to 32 3, 20 add to 23 ... notice that as the factors get closer to one another the sum is getting smaller

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