Precalculus: Mathematics for Calculus, 7th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1305071751
ISBN 13: 978-1-30507-175-9

Chapter 2 - Review - Modeling with Functions - Problems - Page 242: 20

Answer

5000

Work Step by Step

Assume the first number is $x$, the second number is then $100-x$ and the sum of their squares can be represented as $y=x^2+(100-x)^2=2x^2-200x+10000$ The minimum of the above function happens when $x=200/4=50$ which gives $y=5000$
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