What two numbers multiply to -653 and add up to -652?

Here we answer the question: "What two numbers multiply to -653 and add up to -652?"

The answer to your question is:

-653 and 1

Below we illustrate and prove that -653 and 1 multiply to -653 and add up to -652:

-653 × 1 = -653
-653 + 1 = -652

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

x² - 652x - 653 = 0

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

(x - 653 ) (x + 1)

To summarize, since -653 and 1 multiply to -653 and add up -652, you know that the following is true:

x² - 652x - 653 = (x - 653 ) (x + 1)

Multiply To One Number and Add Up To Another
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