Here we answer the question: "What two numbers multiply to 406 and add up to -205?"
The answer to your question is:
-203 and -2
Below we illustrate and prove that -203 and -2 multiply to 406 and add up to -205:
-203 × -2 = 406
-203 + -2 = -205
Are you asking because you are trying to figure out how to factor the following quadratic equation?
x2 - 205x + 406 = 0
If so, the solution to factor the quadratic equation above is:
(x - 203 ) (x - 2)
To summarize, since -203 and -2 multiply to 406 and add up -205, you know that the following is true:
x2 - 205x + 406 = (x - 203 ) (x - 2)
Multiply To One Number and Add Up To Another
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