What two numbers multiply to -149 and add up to -148?

Here we answer the question: "What two numbers multiply to -149 and add up to -148?"

The answer to your question is:

-149 and 1

Below we illustrate and prove that -149 and 1 multiply to -149 and add up to -148:

-149 × 1 = -149
-149 + 1 = -148

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

x² - 148x - 149 = 0

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

(x - 149 ) (x + 1)

To summarize, since -149 and 1 multiply to -149 and add up -148, you know that the following is true:

x² - 148x - 149 = (x - 149 ) (x + 1)

Multiply To One Number and Add Up To Another
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