What two numbers multiply to -775 and add up to -774?

Here we answer the question: "What two numbers multiply to -775 and add up to -774?"

The answer to your question is:

-775 and 1

Below we illustrate and prove that -775 and 1 multiply to -775 and add up to -774:

-775 × 1 = -775
-775 + 1 = -774

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

x² - 774x - 775 = 0

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

(x - 775 ) (x + 1)

To summarize, since -775 and 1 multiply to -775 and add up -774, you know that the following is true:

x² - 774x - 775 = (x - 775 ) (x + 1)

Multiply To One Number and Add Up To Another
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