What two numbers multiply to -843 and add up to -842?

Here we answer the question: "What two numbers multiply to -843 and add up to -842?"

The answer to your question is:

-843 and 1

Below we illustrate and prove that -843 and 1 multiply to -843 and add up to -842:

-843 × 1 = -843
-843 + 1 = -842

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

x² - 842x - 843 = 0

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

(x - 843 ) (x + 1)

To summarize, since -843 and 1 multiply to -843 and add up -842, you know that the following is true:

x² - 842x - 843 = (x - 843 ) (x + 1)

Multiply To One Number and Add Up To Another
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