What two numbers multiply to -788 and add up to -392?

Here we answer the question: "What two numbers multiply to -788 and add up to -392?"

The answer to your question is:

-394 and 2

Below we illustrate and prove that -394 and 2 multiply to -788 and add up to -392:

-394 × 2 = -788
-394 + 2 = -392

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

x² - 392x - 788 = 0

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

(x - 394 ) (x + 2)

To summarize, since -394 and 2 multiply to -788 and add up -392, you know that the following is true:

x² - 392x - 788 = (x - 394 ) (x + 2)

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