What two numbers multiply to 886 and add up to 445?

Here we answer the question: "What two numbers multiply to 886 and add up to 445?"

The answer to your question is:

2 and 443

Below we illustrate and prove that 2 and 443 multiply to 886 and add up to 445:

2 × 443 = 886
2 + 443 = 445

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

x² + 445x + 886 = 0

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

(x + 2 ) (x + 443)

To summarize, since 2 and 443 multiply to 886 and add up 445, you know that the following is true:

x² + 445x + 886 = (x + 2 ) (x + 443)

Multiply To One Number and Add Up To Another
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