What two numbers multiply to 788 and add up to 396?

Here we answer the question: "What two numbers multiply to 788 and add up to 396?"

The answer to your question is:

2 and 394

Below we illustrate and prove that 2 and 394 multiply to 788 and add up to 396:

2 × 394 = 788
2 + 394 = 396

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

x² + 396x + 788 = 0

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

(x + 2 ) (x + 394)

To summarize, since 2 and 394 multiply to 788 and add up 396, you know that the following is true:

x² + 396x + 788 = (x + 2 ) (x + 394)

Multiply To One Number and Add Up To Another
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