What two numbers multiply to 556 and add up to 557?

Here we answer the question: "What two numbers multiply to 556 and add up to 557?"

The answer to your question is:

1 and 556

Below we illustrate and prove that 1 and 556 multiply to 556 and add up to 557:

1 × 556 = 556
1 + 556 = 557

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

x² + 557x + 556 = 0

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

(x + 1 ) (x + 556)

To summarize, since 1 and 556 multiply to 556 and add up 557, you know that the following is true:

x² + 557x + 556 = (x + 1 ) (x + 556)

Multiply To One Number and Add Up To Another
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