What two numbers multiply to -272 and add up to 271?

Here we answer the question: "What two numbers multiply to -272 and add up to 271?"

The answer to your question is:

-1 and 272

Below we illustrate and prove that -1 and 272 multiply to -272 and add up to 271:

-1 × 272 = -272
-1 + 272 = 271

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

x² + 271x - 272 = 0

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

(x - 1 ) (x + 272)

To summarize, since -1 and 272 multiply to -272 and add up 271, you know that the following is true:

x² + 271x - 272 = (x - 1 ) (x + 272)

Multiply To One Number and Add Up To Another
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