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What two numbers add to 1 and multiplies to 4

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No pair of 'real' numbers can do that.

The numbers are 'complex'.
They are

0.5 + 1.936i
and
0.5 - 1.936i .

The symbol ' i ' stands for the square root of -1 .
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