What two numbers multiply to -482 and add up to -481?

Here we answer the question: "What two numbers multiply to -482 and add up to -481?"

The answer to your question is:

-482 and 1

Below we illustrate and prove that -482 and 1 multiply to -482 and add up to -481:

-482 × 1 = -482
-482 + 1 = -481

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

x² - 481x - 482 = 0

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

(x - 482 ) (x + 1)

To summarize, since -482 and 1 multiply to -482 and add up -481, you know that the following is true:

x² - 481x - 482 = (x - 482 ) (x + 1)

Multiply To One Number and Add Up To Another
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