What two numbers multiply to -179 and add up to -178?

Here we answer the question: "What two numbers multiply to -179 and add up to -178?"

The answer to your question is:

-179 and 1

Below we illustrate and prove that -179 and 1 multiply to -179 and add up to -178:

-179 × 1 = -179
-179 + 1 = -178

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

x² - 178x - 179 = 0

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

(x - 179 ) (x + 1)

To summarize, since -179 and 1 multiply to -179 and add up -178, you know that the following is true:

x² - 178x - 179 = (x - 179 ) (x + 1)

Multiply To One Number and Add Up To Another
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