What is the largest possible product of two negative number whose sum is 1?
3 answers
two negative numbers can not add to +1
oh I'm sorry the problem actually say two non-negative numbers I misread the problem
x(1-x)=product
dProduct/dx=1-x + x(-1)=0
-2x=-1
x=1/2
other number is 1/2
largest product is 1/4
dProduct/dx=1-x + x(-1)=0
-2x=-1
x=1/2
other number is 1/2
largest product is 1/4