What two numbers multiply to 872 and add up to 438?

Here we answer the question: "What two numbers multiply to 872 and add up to 438?"

The answer to your question is:

2 and 436

Below we illustrate and prove that 2 and 436 multiply to 872 and add up to 438:

2 × 436 = 872
2 + 436 = 438

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

x² + 438x + 872 = 0

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

(x + 2 ) (x + 436)

To summarize, since 2 and 436 multiply to 872 and add up 438, you know that the following is true:

x² + 438x + 872 = (x + 2 ) (x + 436)

Multiply To One Number and Add Up To Another
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