What two numbers multiply to -246 and add up to 245?

Here we answer the question: "What two numbers multiply to -246 and add up to 245?"

The answer to your question is:

-1 and 246

Below we illustrate and prove that -1 and 246 multiply to -246 and add up to 245:

-1 × 246 = -246
-1 + 246 = 245

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

x² + 245x - 246 = 0

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

(x - 1 ) (x + 246)

To summarize, since -1 and 246 multiply to -246 and add up 245, you know that the following is true:

x² + 245x - 246 = (x - 1 ) (x + 246)

Multiply To One Number and Add Up To Another
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