What two numbers multiply to -762 and add up to -761?

Here we answer the question: "What two numbers multiply to -762 and add up to -761?"

The answer to your question is:

-762 and 1

Below we illustrate and prove that -762 and 1 multiply to -762 and add up to -761:

-762 × 1 = -762
-762 + 1 = -761

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

x² - 761x - 762 = 0

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

(x - 762 ) (x + 1)

To summarize, since -762 and 1 multiply to -762 and add up -761, you know that the following is true:

x² - 761x - 762 = (x - 762 ) (x + 1)

Multiply To One Number and Add Up To Another
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