What two numbers multiply to -432 and add up to 431?

Here we answer the question: "What two numbers multiply to -432 and add up to 431?"

The answer to your question is:

-1 and 432

Below we illustrate and prove that -1 and 432 multiply to -432 and add up to 431:

-1 × 432 = -432
-1 + 432 = 431

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

x² + 431x - 432 = 0

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

(x - 1 ) (x + 432)

To summarize, since -1 and 432 multiply to -432 and add up 431, you know that the following is true:

x² + 431x - 432 = (x - 1 ) (x + 432)

Multiply To One Number and Add Up To Another
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