What two numbers multiply to -25 and add up to 24?

Here we answer the question: "What two numbers multiply to -25 and add up to 24?"

The answer to your question is:

-1 and 25

Below we illustrate and prove that -1 and 25 multiply to -25 and add up to 24:

-1 × 25 = -25
-1 + 25 = 24

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

x² + 24x - 25 = 0

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

(x - 1 ) (x + 25)

To summarize, since -1 and 25 multiply to -25 and add up 24, you know that the following is true:

x² + 24x - 25 = (x - 1 ) (x + 25)

Multiply To One Number and Add Up To Another
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