Here we answer the question: "What two numbers multiply to 138 and add up to -49?"
The answer to your question is:
-46 and -3
Below we illustrate and prove that -46 and -3 multiply to 138 and add up to -49:
-46 × -3 = 138
-46 + -3 = -49
Are you asking because you are trying to figure out how to factor the following quadratic equation?
x2 - 49x + 138 = 0
If so, the solution to factor the quadratic equation above is:
(x - 46 ) (x - 3)
To summarize, since -46 and -3 multiply to 138 and add up -49, you know that the following is true:
x2 - 49x + 138 = (x - 46 ) (x - 3)
Multiply To One Number and Add Up To Another
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