What two numbers multiply to -566 and add up to -281?

Here we answer the question: "What two numbers multiply to -566 and add up to -281?"

The answer to your question is:

-283 and 2

Below we illustrate and prove that -283 and 2 multiply to -566 and add up to -281:

-283 × 2 = -566
-283 + 2 = -281

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

x² - 281x - 566 = 0

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

(x - 283 ) (x + 2)

To summarize, since -283 and 2 multiply to -566 and add up -281, you know that the following is true:

x² - 281x - 566 = (x - 283 ) (x + 2)

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