What two numbers multiply to 984 and add up to 494?

Here we answer the question: "What two numbers multiply to 984 and add up to 494?"

The answer to your question is:

2 and 492

Below we illustrate and prove that 2 and 492 multiply to 984 and add up to 494:

2 × 492 = 984
2 + 492 = 494

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

x² + 494x + 984 = 0

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

(x + 2 ) (x + 492)

To summarize, since 2 and 492 multiply to 984 and add up 494, you know that the following is true:

x² + 494x + 984 = (x + 2 ) (x + 492)

Multiply To One Number and Add Up To Another
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