What two numbers multiply to -698 and add up to -697?

Here we answer the question: "What two numbers multiply to -698 and add up to -697?"

The answer to your question is:

-698 and 1

Below we illustrate and prove that -698 and 1 multiply to -698 and add up to -697:

-698 × 1 = -698
-698 + 1 = -697

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

x² - 697x - 698 = 0

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

(x - 698 ) (x + 1)

To summarize, since -698 and 1 multiply to -698 and add up -697, you know that the following is true:

x² - 697x - 698 = (x - 698 ) (x + 1)

Multiply To One Number and Add Up To Another
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