What two numbers multiply to -797 and add up to -796?

Here we answer the question: "What two numbers multiply to -797 and add up to -796?"

The answer to your question is:

-797 and 1

Below we illustrate and prove that -797 and 1 multiply to -797 and add up to -796:

-797 × 1 = -797
-797 + 1 = -796

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

x² - 796x - 797 = 0

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

(x - 797 ) (x + 1)

To summarize, since -797 and 1 multiply to -797 and add up -796, you know that the following is true:

x² - 796x - 797 = (x - 797 ) (x + 1)

Multiply To One Number and Add Up To Another
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