What two numbers multiply to -587 and add up to 586?

Here we answer the question: "What two numbers multiply to -587 and add up to 586?"

The answer to your question is:

-1 and 587

Below we illustrate and prove that -1 and 587 multiply to -587 and add up to 586:

-1 × 587 = -587
-1 + 587 = 586

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

x² + 586x - 587 = 0

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

(x - 1 ) (x + 587)

To summarize, since -1 and 587 multiply to -587 and add up 586, you know that the following is true:

x² + 586x - 587 = (x - 1 ) (x + 587)

Multiply To One Number and Add Up To Another
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