What two numbers multiply to -716 and add up to -715?

Here we answer the question: "What two numbers multiply to -716 and add up to -715?"

The answer to your question is:

-716 and 1

Below we illustrate and prove that -716 and 1 multiply to -716 and add up to -715:

-716 × 1 = -716
-716 + 1 = -715

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

x² - 715x - 716 = 0

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

(x - 716 ) (x + 1)

To summarize, since -716 and 1 multiply to -716 and add up -715, you know that the following is true:

x² - 715x - 716 = (x - 716 ) (x + 1)

Multiply To One Number and Add Up To Another
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