What two numbers multiply to -588 and add up to 587?

Here we answer the question: "What two numbers multiply to -588 and add up to 587?"

The answer to your question is:

-1 and 588

Below we illustrate and prove that -1 and 588 multiply to -588 and add up to 587:

-1 × 588 = -588
-1 + 588 = 587

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

x² + 587x - 588 = 0

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

(x - 1 ) (x + 588)

To summarize, since -1 and 588 multiply to -588 and add up 587, you know that the following is true:

x² + 587x - 588 = (x - 1 ) (x + 588)

Multiply To One Number and Add Up To Another
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