What two numbers multiply to -655 and add up to -654?

Here we answer the question: "What two numbers multiply to -655 and add up to -654?"

The answer to your question is:

-655 and 1

Below we illustrate and prove that -655 and 1 multiply to -655 and add up to -654:

-655 × 1 = -655
-655 + 1 = -654

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

x² - 654x - 655 = 0

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

(x - 655 ) (x + 1)

To summarize, since -655 and 1 multiply to -655 and add up -654, you know that the following is true:

x² - 654x - 655 = (x - 655 ) (x + 1)

Multiply To One Number and Add Up To Another
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