Two integers, a and b, have a product of 24. What is the least possible sum of a and b?

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MaTriXy · Answer 1 · 2018-03-28T01:27:56+0000

The two integers are 6 and 4 because the factors of 24 are 1,2,3,4,6,8,12,24 and 4 and 6 have the smallest sum out of all of them.
1+24=25
2+12=14
3+8=11
4+6=10

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