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Find the pair of numbers whose sum is 46 and whose product is a maximum.

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To solve this problem you must apply the proccedure shown below:

1. Let's call:

x the first number and and the other number 46-x

2. Then, the product of both numbers is:

y=x(46-x)

3. When you apply the distributive property, you obtain:

y=46x-x^2

4. As you can see, the coefficient of x^2 is negative, this means that the maximun value is at the vertex of the parabola.

5. Then, you have:

h=-b/2a
h=-46/2(-1)
h=23 (x coordinate)

6.Then:

y=46x-x^2
y=46(23)-(23)^2
y=529

Therefore the answer is: 23 and 529.

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