What two numbers multiply to -177 and add up to 176?

Here we answer the question: "What two numbers multiply to -177 and add up to 176?"

The answer to your question is:

-1 and 177

Below we illustrate and prove that -1 and 177 multiply to -177 and add up to 176:

-1 × 177 = -177
-1 + 177 = 176

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

x² + 176x - 177 = 0

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

(x - 1 ) (x + 177)

To summarize, since -1 and 177 multiply to -177 and add up 176, you know that the following is true:

x² + 176x - 177 = (x - 1 ) (x + 177)

Multiply To One Number and Add Up To Another
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