What two numbers multiply to -760 and add up to -759?

Here we answer the question: "What two numbers multiply to -760 and add up to -759?"

The answer to your question is:

-760 and 1

Below we illustrate and prove that -760 and 1 multiply to -760 and add up to -759:

-760 × 1 = -760
-760 + 1 = -759

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

x² - 759x - 760 = 0

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

(x - 760 ) (x + 1)

To summarize, since -760 and 1 multiply to -760 and add up -759, you know that the following is true:

x² - 759x - 760 = (x - 760 ) (x + 1)

Multiply To One Number and Add Up To Another
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