What two numbers multiply to 558 and add up to 281?

Here we answer the question: "What two numbers multiply to 558 and add up to 281?"

The answer to your question is:

2 and 279

Below we illustrate and prove that 2 and 279 multiply to 558 and add up to 281:

2 × 279 = 558
2 + 279 = 281

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

x² + 281x + 558 = 0

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

(x + 2 ) (x + 279)

To summarize, since 2 and 279 multiply to 558 and add up 281, you know that the following is true:

x² + 281x + 558 = (x + 2 ) (x + 279)

Multiply To One Number and Add Up To Another
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