What two numbers multiply to 986 and add up to 495?

Here we answer the question: "What two numbers multiply to 986 and add up to 495?"

The answer to your question is:

2 and 493

Below we illustrate and prove that 2 and 493 multiply to 986 and add up to 495:

2 × 493 = 986
2 + 493 = 495

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

x² + 495x + 986 = 0

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

(x + 2 ) (x + 493)

To summarize, since 2 and 493 multiply to 986 and add up 495, you know that the following is true:

x² + 495x + 986 = (x + 2 ) (x + 493)

Multiply To One Number and Add Up To Another
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