Question
X and y are two different numbers selected from the first 50 counting numbers from 1 to 50 inclusive. What is the largest value that (x+y)/(x-y) can have?
Answers
GPT 3.5
The largest possible value of (x+y)/(x-y) occurs when x is the largest number and y is the smallest number. Therefore, x = 50 and y = 1.
Substitute these values into the equation: (50 + 1)/(50 - 1) = 51/49 = 1.0408...
Therefore, the largest possible value of (x+y)/(x-y) is approximately 1.0408.
Substitute these values into the equation: (50 + 1)/(50 - 1) = 51/49 = 1.0408...
Therefore, the largest possible value of (x+y)/(x-y) is approximately 1.0408.