The product of two numbers is 44. find the sum of the two numbers s (x) as a function of one of the numbers, x. s (x)

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Elaine Hicks

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3 April, 06:33

The product of two numbers is 44. find the sum of the two numbers s (x) as a function of one of the numbers, x. s (x)

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Corinne Dunlap · Answer 1

Call the numbers x and y. According to the first sentence, xy = 44. You can rearrange to solve for y: y = 44/x. The sum of the numbers, s (x), is x + y, but we just found a way of expressing y in terms of x. Therefore: the sum expressed as a function of one of the numbers (x) is:

s (x) = x + 44/x