What two numbers multiply to 978 and add up to 169?

Here we answer the question: "What two numbers multiply to 978 and add up to 169?"

The answer to your question is:

6 and 163

Below we illustrate and prove that 6 and 163 multiply to 978 and add up to 169:

6 × 163 = 978
6 + 163 = 169

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

x² + 169x + 978 = 0

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

(x + 6 ) (x + 163)

To summarize, since 6 and 163 multiply to 978 and add up 169, you know that the following is true:

x² + 169x + 978 = (x + 6 ) (x + 163)

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