What two numbers multiply to -783 and add up to -782?

Here we answer the question: "What two numbers multiply to -783 and add up to -782?"

The answer to your question is:

-783 and 1

Below we illustrate and prove that -783 and 1 multiply to -783 and add up to -782:

-783 × 1 = -783
-783 + 1 = -782

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

x² - 782x - 783 = 0

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

(x - 783 ) (x + 1)

To summarize, since -783 and 1 multiply to -783 and add up -782, you know that the following is true:

x² - 782x - 783 = (x - 783 ) (x + 1)

Multiply To One Number and Add Up To Another
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