What two numbers multiply to -548 and add up to 547?

Here we answer the question: "What two numbers multiply to -548 and add up to 547?"

The answer to your question is:

-1 and 548

Below we illustrate and prove that -1 and 548 multiply to -548 and add up to 547:

-1 × 548 = -548
-1 + 548 = 547

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

x² + 547x - 548 = 0

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

(x - 1 ) (x + 548)

To summarize, since -1 and 548 multiply to -548 and add up 547, you know that the following is true:

x² + 547x - 548 = (x - 1 ) (x + 548)

Multiply To One Number and Add Up To Another
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