What two numbers multiply to -857 and add up to -856?

Here we answer the question: "What two numbers multiply to -857 and add up to -856?"

The answer to your question is:

-857 and 1

Below we illustrate and prove that -857 and 1 multiply to -857 and add up to -856:

-857 × 1 = -857
-857 + 1 = -856

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

x² - 856x - 857 = 0

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

(x - 857 ) (x + 1)

To summarize, since -857 and 1 multiply to -857 and add up -856, you know that the following is true:

x² - 856x - 857 = (x - 857 ) (x + 1)

Multiply To One Number and Add Up To Another
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