What two numbers multiply to -145 and add up to 144?

Here we answer the question: "What two numbers multiply to -145 and add up to 144?"

The answer to your question is:

-1 and 145

Below we illustrate and prove that -1 and 145 multiply to -145 and add up to 144:

-1 × 145 = -145
-1 + 145 = 144

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

x² + 144x - 145 = 0

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

(x - 1 ) (x + 145)

To summarize, since -1 and 145 multiply to -145 and add up 144, you know that the following is true:

x² + 144x - 145 = (x - 1 ) (x + 145)

Multiply To One Number and Add Up To Another
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