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The product of two positive numbers x and y is 16.What is the greatest possible sum of the two numbers.

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Answered by alviyarizwan10
1

Answer:

he answer is 17

Step-by-step explanation:

x × y =16

x and y are factors of 16

=1,2,4,4,8,16

greatest possible sum =1+16=17


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Answered by Anonymous
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factors of 16 are

1×16 (sum=1+16=17)

2×8 (sum=2+8=10)

4×4 (sum=4+4=8)


so
the greatest possible sum of the two numbers is 17


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