The product of two numbers is 60. Find the sum of the two numbers S(x) as a function of one of the numbers, x.S(x) =     Find the positive numbers that minimize the sum and list them in increasing order:     (smaller number)     (larger number)Let c be the smaller of the two numbers that minimize the sum. Then c =     S'(c) =     and S"(c) =

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The product of two numbers is 60. Find the sum of the two numbers S(x) as a function of one of the numbers, x.

S(x) =

 
 



Find the positive numbers that minimize the sum and list them in increasing order:

 
 

(smaller number)

 
 

(larger number)

Let c be the smaller of the two numbers that minimize the sum. Then
c =

 
 


S'(c) =

 
 

and
S"(c) =

 
 
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