What two numbers multiply to 462 and add up to 157?

Here we answer the question: "What two numbers multiply to 462 and add up to 157?"

The answer to your question is:

3 and 154

Below we illustrate and prove that 3 and 154 multiply to 462 and add up to 157:

3 × 154 = 462
3 + 154 = 157

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

x² + 157x + 462 = 0

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

(x + 3 ) (x + 154)

To summarize, since 3 and 154 multiply to 462 and add up 157, you know that the following is true:

x² + 157x + 462 = (x + 3 ) (x + 154)

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