What two numbers multiply to 996 and add up to 253?

Here we answer the question: "What two numbers multiply to 996 and add up to 253?"

The answer to your question is:

4 and 249

Below we illustrate and prove that 4 and 249 multiply to 996 and add up to 253:

4 × 249 = 996
4 + 249 = 253

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

x² + 253x + 996 = 0

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

(x + 4 ) (x + 249)

To summarize, since 4 and 249 multiply to 996 and add up 253, you know that the following is true:

x² + 253x + 996 = (x + 4 ) (x + 249)

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