What two numbers multiply to 458 and add up to 231?

Here we answer the question: "What two numbers multiply to 458 and add up to 231?"

The answer to your question is:

2 and 229

Below we illustrate and prove that 2 and 229 multiply to 458 and add up to 231:

2 × 229 = 458
2 + 229 = 231

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

x² + 231x + 458 = 0

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

(x + 2 ) (x + 229)

To summarize, since 2 and 229 multiply to 458 and add up 231, you know that the following is true:

x² + 231x + 458 = (x + 2 ) (x + 229)

Multiply To One Number and Add Up To Another
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