What two numbers multiply to 958 and add up to 481?

Here we answer the question: "What two numbers multiply to 958 and add up to 481?"

The answer to your question is:

2 and 479

Below we illustrate and prove that 2 and 479 multiply to 958 and add up to 481:

2 × 479 = 958
2 + 479 = 481

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

x² + 481x + 958 = 0

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

(x + 2 ) (x + 479)

To summarize, since 2 and 479 multiply to 958 and add up 481, you know that the following is true:

x² + 481x + 958 = (x + 2 ) (x + 479)

Multiply To One Number and Add Up To Another
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