What two numbers multiply to 792 and add up to 398?

Here we answer the question: "What two numbers multiply to 792 and add up to 398?"

The answer to your question is:

2 and 396

Below we illustrate and prove that 2 and 396 multiply to 792 and add up to 398:

2 × 396 = 792
2 + 396 = 398

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

x² + 398x + 792 = 0

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

(x + 2 ) (x + 396)

To summarize, since 2 and 396 multiply to 792 and add up 398, you know that the following is true:

x² + 398x + 792 = (x + 2 ) (x + 396)

Multiply To One Number and Add Up To Another
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