Here we answer the question: "What two numbers multiply to -508 and add up to -123?"
The answer to your question is:
-127 and 4
Below we illustrate and prove that -127 and 4 multiply to -508 and add up to -123:
-127 × 4 = -508
-127 + 4 = -123
Are you asking because you are trying to figure out how to factor the following quadratic equation?
x2 - 123x - 508 = 0
If so, the solution to factor the quadratic equation above is:
(x - 127 ) (x + 4)
To summarize, since -127 and 4 multiply to -508 and add up -123, you know that the following is true:
x2 - 123x - 508 = (x - 127 ) (x + 4)
Multiply To One Number and Add Up To Another
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