What two numbers multiply to -772 and add up to -771?

Here we answer the question: "What two numbers multiply to -772 and add up to -771?"

The answer to your question is:

-772 and 1

Below we illustrate and prove that -772 and 1 multiply to -772 and add up to -771:

-772 × 1 = -772
-772 + 1 = -771

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

x² - 771x - 772 = 0

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

(x - 772 ) (x + 1)

To summarize, since -772 and 1 multiply to -772 and add up -771, you know that the following is true:

x² - 771x - 772 = (x - 772 ) (x + 1)

Multiply To One Number and Add Up To Another
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