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The closest factor pair minimises the sum

The square of the geometric mean of two positive integers is 30. The smallest possible sum of the two integers is

You have the answer. Trap Analysis is why the other three were written.

Not a worked solution repeated four times — the specific reasoning error each wrong option was built to reward.

50 are analysed free — try those first.