What two numbers multiply to 868 and add up to 436?

Here we answer the question: "What two numbers multiply to 868 and add up to 436?"

The answer to your question is:

2 and 434

Below we illustrate and prove that 2 and 434 multiply to 868 and add up to 436:

2 × 434 = 868
2 + 434 = 436

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

x² + 436x + 868 = 0

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

(x + 2 ) (x + 434)

To summarize, since 2 and 434 multiply to 868 and add up 436, you know that the following is true:

x² + 436x + 868 = (x + 2 ) (x + 434)

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