What two numbers multiply to -591 and add up to -590?

Here we answer the question: "What two numbers multiply to -591 and add up to -590?"

The answer to your question is:

-591 and 1

Below we illustrate and prove that -591 and 1 multiply to -591 and add up to -590:

-591 × 1 = -591
-591 + 1 = -590

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

x² - 590x - 591 = 0

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

(x - 591 ) (x + 1)

To summarize, since -591 and 1 multiply to -591 and add up -590, you know that the following is true:

x² - 590x - 591 = (x - 591 ) (x + 1)

Multiply To One Number and Add Up To Another
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