What two numbers multiply to 258 and add up to 131?

Here we answer the question: "What two numbers multiply to 258 and add up to 131?"

The answer to your question is:

2 and 129

Below we illustrate and prove that 2 and 129 multiply to 258 and add up to 131:

2 × 129 = 258
2 + 129 = 131

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

x² + 131x + 258 = 0

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

(x + 2 ) (x + 129)

To summarize, since 2 and 129 multiply to 258 and add up 131, you know that the following is true:

x² + 131x + 258 = (x + 2 ) (x + 129)

Multiply To One Number and Add Up To Another
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