What two numbers multiply to -842 and add up to -841?

Here we answer the question: "What two numbers multiply to -842 and add up to -841?"

The answer to your question is:

-842 and 1

Below we illustrate and prove that -842 and 1 multiply to -842 and add up to -841:

-842 × 1 = -842
-842 + 1 = -841

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

x² - 841x - 842 = 0

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

(x - 842 ) (x + 1)

To summarize, since -842 and 1 multiply to -842 and add up -841, you know that the following is true:

x² - 841x - 842 = (x - 842 ) (x + 1)

Multiply To One Number and Add Up To Another
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