What two numbers multiply to -266 and add up to 5?

Here we answer the question: "What two numbers multiply to -266 and add up to 5?"

The answer to your question is:

-14 and 19

Below we illustrate and prove that -14 and 19 multiply to -266 and add up to 5:

-14 × 19 = -266
-14 + 19 = 5

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

x² + 5x - 266 = 0

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

(x - 14 ) (x + 19)

To summarize, since -14 and 19 multiply to -266 and add up 5, you know that the following is true:

x² + 5x - 266 = (x - 14 ) (x + 19)

Multiply To One Number and Add Up To Another
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