Two integers, a and b, have a product of 24. What is the least possible sum of a and b?

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Andre Paap · Answer 1 · 2019-06-05T20:42:32+0000

The least possible sum is 10.

The pairs of factors for 24 are (1,24), (2,12), (3,8), (4,6) with sums 25, 14, 11, 10. So the numbers are 4 and 6.

6+4

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