Question

Find two numbers differing by 48 whose product is as small as possible.

Answer 1

what about 0 and 48...

difference = 48

product = 0

Answer 2

i tried 0 and 48

Answer 3

-24 and 24 also works if negatives are allowed :)

Answer 4

thank you

Answer 5

is this problem from calc ?

Answer 6

yeah

Answer 7

if so, you may have to work it using derivatives - optimization problem