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OpenStudy (anonymous):

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

OpenStudy (campbell_st):

what about 0 and 48... difference = 48 product = 0

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i tried 0 and 48

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

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

OpenStudy (anonymous):

thank you

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

is this problem from calc ?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yeah

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

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

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