What two numbers multiply to -279 and add up to -278?

Here we answer the question: "What two numbers multiply to -279 and add up to -278?"

The answer to your question is:

-279 and 1

Below we illustrate and prove that -279 and 1 multiply to -279 and add up to -278:

-279 × 1 = -279
-279 + 1 = -278

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

x² - 278x - 279 = 0

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

(x - 279 ) (x + 1)

To summarize, since -279 and 1 multiply to -279 and add up -278, you know that the following is true:

x² - 278x - 279 = (x - 279 ) (x + 1)

Multiply To One Number and Add Up To Another
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