What two numbers multiply to -119 and add up to 118?

Here we answer the question: "What two numbers multiply to -119 and add up to 118?"

The answer to your question is:

-1 and 119

Below we illustrate and prove that -1 and 119 multiply to -119 and add up to 118:

-1 × 119 = -119
-1 + 119 = 118

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

x² + 118x - 119 = 0

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

(x - 1 ) (x + 119)

To summarize, since -1 and 119 multiply to -119 and add up 118, you know that the following is true:

x² + 118x - 119 = (x - 1 ) (x + 119)

Multiply To One Number and Add Up To Another
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