What two numbers multiply to 845 and add up to 174?

Here we answer the question: "What two numbers multiply to 845 and add up to 174?"

The answer to your question is:

5 and 169

Below we illustrate and prove that 5 and 169 multiply to 845 and add up to 174:

5 × 169 = 845
5 + 169 = 174

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

x² + 174x + 845 = 0

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

(x + 5 ) (x + 169)

To summarize, since 5 and 169 multiply to 845 and add up 174, you know that the following is true:

x² + 174x + 845 = (x + 5 ) (x + 169)

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