What two numbers multiply to -263 and add up to 262?

Here we answer the question: "What two numbers multiply to -263 and add up to 262?"

The answer to your question is:

-1 and 263

Below we illustrate and prove that -1 and 263 multiply to -263 and add up to 262:

-1 × 263 = -263
-1 + 263 = 262

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

x² + 262x - 263 = 0

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

(x - 1 ) (x + 263)

To summarize, since -1 and 263 multiply to -263 and add up 262, you know that the following is true:

x² + 262x - 263 = (x - 1 ) (x + 263)

Multiply To One Number and Add Up To Another
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