What two numbers multiply to -718 and add up to -717?

Here we answer the question: "What two numbers multiply to -718 and add up to -717?"

The answer to your question is:

-718 and 1

Below we illustrate and prove that -718 and 1 multiply to -718 and add up to -717:

-718 × 1 = -718
-718 + 1 = -717

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

x² - 717x - 718 = 0

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

(x - 718 ) (x + 1)

To summarize, since -718 and 1 multiply to -718 and add up -717, you know that the following is true:

x² - 717x - 718 = (x - 718 ) (x + 1)

Multiply To One Number and Add Up To Another
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