The product of two positive numbers is 25, what numbers will produce the lowest sum? solve algebraically.

There are only 3 factors of 25. which is 1, 5, and 25 and there are only 2 ways to get 25

1x 25 = 25 Sum: 1+25 = 26

5x 5 = 25 Sum: 5+5 = 10

5 and 5 will produce the lowest sum