What two numbers multiply to -358 and add up to -177?

Here we answer the question: "What two numbers multiply to -358 and add up to -177?"

The answer to your question is:

-179 and 2

Below we illustrate and prove that -179 and 2 multiply to -358 and add up to -177:

-179 × 2 = -358
-179 + 2 = -177

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

x² - 177x - 358 = 0

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

(x - 179 ) (x + 2)

To summarize, since -179 and 2 multiply to -358 and add up -177, you know that the following is true:

x² - 177x - 358 = (x - 179 ) (x + 2)

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