What two numbers multiply to -761 and add up to -760?

Here we answer the question: "What two numbers multiply to -761 and add up to -760?"

The answer to your question is:

-761 and 1

Below we illustrate and prove that -761 and 1 multiply to -761 and add up to -760:

-761 × 1 = -761
-761 + 1 = -760

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

x² - 760x - 761 = 0

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

(x - 761 ) (x + 1)

To summarize, since -761 and 1 multiply to -761 and add up -760, you know that the following is true:

x² - 760x - 761 = (x - 761 ) (x + 1)

Multiply To One Number and Add Up To Another
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