What two numbers multiply to -753 and add up to -752?

Here we answer the question: "What two numbers multiply to -753 and add up to -752?"

The answer to your question is:

-753 and 1

Below we illustrate and prove that -753 and 1 multiply to -753 and add up to -752:

-753 × 1 = -753
-753 + 1 = -752

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

x² - 752x - 753 = 0

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

(x - 753 ) (x + 1)

To summarize, since -753 and 1 multiply to -753 and add up -752, you know that the following is true:

x² - 752x - 753 = (x - 753 ) (x + 1)

Multiply To One Number and Add Up To Another
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