Here we answer the question: "What two numbers multiply to -481 and add up to -480?"
The answer to your question is:
-481 and 1
Below we illustrate and prove that -481 and 1 multiply to -481 and add up to -480:
-481 × 1 = -481
-481 + 1 = -480
Are you asking because you are trying to figure out how to factor the following quadratic equation?
x2 - 480x - 481 = 0
If so, the solution to factor the quadratic equation above is:
(x - 481 ) (x + 1)
To summarize, since -481 and 1 multiply to -481 and add up -480, you know that the following is true:
x2 - 480x - 481 = (x - 481 ) (x + 1)
Multiply To One Number and Add Up To Another
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