Multiple Choice

A facility manager is calculating the dimensions for a storage unit layout using the expression $6x^2 + 7x + 2. To factor this expression using the 'ac' method, the manager first identifies that the two numbers used to split the middle term must multiply to 12 ($6 \times 2). According to the rules of the 'ac' method, what is the required sum that these same two numbers must equal?

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