What two numbers multiply to -597 and add up to -596?

Here we answer the question: "What two numbers multiply to -597 and add up to -596?"

The answer to your question is:

-597 and 1

Below we illustrate and prove that -597 and 1 multiply to -597 and add up to -596:

-597 × 1 = -597
-597 + 1 = -596

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

x² - 596x - 597 = 0

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

(x - 597 ) (x + 1)

To summarize, since -597 and 1 multiply to -597 and add up -596, you know that the following is true:

x² - 596x - 597 = (x - 597 ) (x + 1)

Multiply To One Number and Add Up To Another
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