What two numbers multiply to -796 and add up to -795?

Here we answer the question: "What two numbers multiply to -796 and add up to -795?"

The answer to your question is:

-796 and 1

Below we illustrate and prove that -796 and 1 multiply to -796 and add up to -795:

-796 × 1 = -796
-796 + 1 = -795

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

x² - 795x - 796 = 0

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

(x - 796 ) (x + 1)

To summarize, since -796 and 1 multiply to -796 and add up -795, you know that the following is true:

x² - 795x - 796 = (x - 796 ) (x + 1)

Multiply To One Number and Add Up To Another
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