What two numbers multiply to -178 and add up to -177?

Here we answer the question: "What two numbers multiply to -178 and add up to -177?"

The answer to your question is:

-178 and 1

Below we illustrate and prove that -178 and 1 multiply to -178 and add up to -177:

-178 × 1 = -178
-178 + 1 = -177

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

x² - 177x - 178 = 0

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

(x - 178 ) (x + 1)

To summarize, since -178 and 1 multiply to -178 and add up -177, you know that the following is true:

x² - 177x - 178 = (x - 178 ) (x + 1)

Multiply To One Number and Add Up To Another
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