What two numbers multiply to 888 and add up to 299?

Here we answer the question: "What two numbers multiply to 888 and add up to 299?"

The answer to your question is:

3 and 296

Below we illustrate and prove that 3 and 296 multiply to 888 and add up to 299:

3 × 296 = 888
3 + 296 = 299

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

x² + 299x + 888 = 0

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

(x + 3 ) (x + 296)

To summarize, since 3 and 296 multiply to 888 and add up 299, you know that the following is true:

x² + 299x + 888 = (x + 3 ) (x + 296)

Multiply To One Number and Add Up To Another
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