What two numbers multiply to 518 and add up to 261?

Here we answer the question: "What two numbers multiply to 518 and add up to 261?"

The answer to your question is:

2 and 259

Below we illustrate and prove that 2 and 259 multiply to 518 and add up to 261:

2 × 259 = 518
2 + 259 = 261

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

x² + 261x + 518 = 0

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

(x + 2 ) (x + 259)

To summarize, since 2 and 259 multiply to 518 and add up 261, you know that the following is true:

x² + 261x + 518 = (x + 2 ) (x + 259)

Multiply To One Number and Add Up To Another
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