What two numbers multiply to -785 and add up to -784?

Here we answer the question: "What two numbers multiply to -785 and add up to -784?"

The answer to your question is:

-785 and 1

Below we illustrate and prove that -785 and 1 multiply to -785 and add up to -784:

-785 × 1 = -785
-785 + 1 = -784

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

x² - 784x - 785 = 0

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

(x - 785 ) (x + 1)

To summarize, since -785 and 1 multiply to -785 and add up -784, you know that the following is true:

x² - 784x - 785 = (x - 785 ) (x + 1)

Multiply To One Number and Add Up To Another
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