What two numbers multiply to -685 and add up to -132?

Here we answer the question: "What two numbers multiply to -685 and add up to -132?"

The answer to your question is:

-137 and 5

Below we illustrate and prove that -137 and 5 multiply to -685 and add up to -132:

-137 × 5 = -685
-137 + 5 = -132

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

x² - 132x - 685 = 0

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

(x - 137 ) (x + 5)

To summarize, since -137 and 5 multiply to -685 and add up -132, you know that the following is true:

x² - 132x - 685 = (x - 137 ) (x + 5)

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