What two numbers multiply to -147 and add up to 146?

Here we answer the question: "What two numbers multiply to -147 and add up to 146?"

The answer to your question is:

-1 and 147

Below we illustrate and prove that -1 and 147 multiply to -147 and add up to 146:

-1 × 147 = -147
-1 + 147 = 146

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

x² + 146x - 147 = 0

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

(x - 1 ) (x + 147)

To summarize, since -1 and 147 multiply to -147 and add up 146, you know that the following is true:

x² + 146x - 147 = (x - 1 ) (x + 147)

Multiply To One Number and Add Up To Another
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