What two numbers multiply to -818 and add up to -817?

Here we answer the question: "What two numbers multiply to -818 and add up to -817?"

The answer to your question is:

-818 and 1

Below we illustrate and prove that -818 and 1 multiply to -818 and add up to -817:

-818 × 1 = -818
-818 + 1 = -817

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

x² - 817x - 818 = 0

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

(x - 818 ) (x + 1)

To summarize, since -818 and 1 multiply to -818 and add up -817, you know that the following is true:

x² - 817x - 818 = (x - 818 ) (x + 1)

Multiply To One Number and Add Up To Another
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