What two numbers multiply to 240 and add up to 53?

Here we answer the question: "What two numbers multiply to 240 and add up to 53?"

The answer to your question is:

5 and 48

Below we illustrate and prove that 5 and 48 multiply to 240 and add up to 53:

5 × 48 = 240
5 + 48 = 53

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

x² + 53x + 240 = 0

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

(x + 5 ) (x + 48)

To summarize, since 5 and 48 multiply to 240 and add up 53, you know that the following is true:

x² + 53x + 240 = (x + 5 ) (x + 48)

Multiply To One Number and Add Up To Another
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