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What is the minimum possible value of p?

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The product of 3 integers x, y, z is 192. Also z is equal to 4, and p is equal to the average of x and y.
What is the minimum possible value of p?

posted Apr 20, 2020 by Dilbagh

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-24.5


Given:
x*y*z=192
z=4
p=(x+y)/2


x*y=192/4=48
x*y=(+-) applies to all to the right 1*48=2*24=3*16=4*12=6*8=8*6=12*4=16*3=24*2=48*1
as per above minimum value of p=-24.5 when x*y=(-1)*(-48)

answer Apr 20, 2020 by Hanifa Mammadov
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