What two numbers multiply to -792 and add up to -791?

Here we answer the question: "What two numbers multiply to -792 and add up to -791?"

The answer to your question is:

-792 and 1

Below we illustrate and prove that -792 and 1 multiply to -792 and add up to -791:

-792 × 1 = -792
-792 + 1 = -791

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

x² - 791x - 792 = 0

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

(x - 792 ) (x + 1)

To summarize, since -792 and 1 multiply to -792 and add up -791, you know that the following is true:

x² - 791x - 792 = (x - 792 ) (x + 1)

Multiply To One Number and Add Up To Another
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