What two numbers multiply to 272 and add up to 42?

Here we answer the question: "What two numbers multiply to 272 and add up to 42?"

The answer to your question is:

8 and 34

Below we illustrate and prove that 8 and 34 multiply to 272 and add up to 42:

8 × 34 = 272
8 + 34 = 42

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

x² + 42x + 272 = 0

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

(x + 8 ) (x + 34)

To summarize, since 8 and 34 multiply to 272 and add up 42, you know that the following is true:

x² + 42x + 272 = (x + 8 ) (x + 34)

Multiply To One Number and Add Up To Another
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