What two numbers multiply to 261 and add up to 38?

Here we answer the question: "What two numbers multiply to 261 and add up to 38?"

The answer to your question is:

9 and 29

Below we illustrate and prove that 9 and 29 multiply to 261 and add up to 38:

9 × 29 = 261
9 + 29 = 38

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

x² + 38x + 261 = 0

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

(x + 9 ) (x + 29)

To summarize, since 9 and 29 multiply to 261 and add up 38, you know that the following is true:

x² + 38x + 261 = (x + 9 ) (x + 29)

Multiply To One Number and Add Up To Another
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