What two numbers multiply to -137 and add up to 136?

Here we answer the question: "What two numbers multiply to -137 and add up to 136?"

The answer to your question is:

-1 and 137

Below we illustrate and prove that -1 and 137 multiply to -137 and add up to 136:

-1 × 137 = -137
-1 + 137 = 136

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

x² + 136x - 137 = 0

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

(x - 1 ) (x + 137)

To summarize, since -1 and 137 multiply to -137 and add up 136, you know that the following is true:

x² + 136x - 137 = (x - 1 ) (x + 137)

Multiply To One Number and Add Up To Another
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