What two numbers multiply to -849 and add up to -848?

Here we answer the question: "What two numbers multiply to -849 and add up to -848?"

The answer to your question is:

-849 and 1

Below we illustrate and prove that -849 and 1 multiply to -849 and add up to -848:

-849 × 1 = -849
-849 + 1 = -848

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

x² - 848x - 849 = 0

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

(x - 849 ) (x + 1)

To summarize, since -849 and 1 multiply to -849 and add up -848, you know that the following is true:

x² - 848x - 849 = (x - 849 ) (x + 1)

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