What two numbers multiply to -282 and add up to 281?

Here we answer the question: "What two numbers multiply to -282 and add up to 281?"

The answer to your question is:

-1 and 282

Below we illustrate and prove that -1 and 282 multiply to -282 and add up to 281:

-1 × 282 = -282
-1 + 282 = 281

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

x² + 281x - 282 = 0

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

(x - 1 ) (x + 282)

To summarize, since -1 and 282 multiply to -282 and add up 281, you know that the following is true:

x² + 281x - 282 = (x - 1 ) (x + 282)

Multiply To One Number and Add Up To Another
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