What two numbers multiply to -763 and add up to -762?

Here we answer the question: "What two numbers multiply to -763 and add up to -762?"

The answer to your question is:

-763 and 1

Below we illustrate and prove that -763 and 1 multiply to -763 and add up to -762:

-763 × 1 = -763
-763 + 1 = -762

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

x² - 762x - 763 = 0

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

(x - 763 ) (x + 1)

To summarize, since -763 and 1 multiply to -763 and add up -762, you know that the following is true:

x² - 762x - 763 = (x - 763 ) (x + 1)

Multiply To One Number and Add Up To Another
Did you find the information on this page useful? Here you can solve a similar problem.