What two numbers multiply to 685 and add up to 142?

Here we answer the question: "What two numbers multiply to 685 and add up to 142?"

The answer to your question is:

5 and 137

Below we illustrate and prove that 5 and 137 multiply to 685 and add up to 142:

5 × 137 = 685
5 + 137 = 142

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

x² + 142x + 685 = 0

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

(x + 5 ) (x + 137)

To summarize, since 5 and 137 multiply to 685 and add up 142, you know that the following is true:

x² + 142x + 685 = (x + 5 ) (x + 137)

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