What two numbers multiply to 18 and add up to 9?

Here we answer the question: "What two numbers multiply to 18 and add up to 9?"

The answer to your question is:

3 and 6

Below we illustrate and prove that 3 and 6 multiply to 18 and add up to 9:

3 × 6 = 18
3 + 6 = 9

Are you asking because you are trying to figure out how to factor the following quadratic equation?

x² + 9x + 18 = 0

If so, the solution to factor the quadratic equation above is:

(x + 3 ) (x + 6)

To summarize, since 3 and 6 multiply to 18 and add up 9, you know that the following is true:

x² + 9x + 18 = (x + 3 ) (x + 6)

Multiply To One Number and Add Up To Another
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