What two numbers multiply to -861 and add up to -860?

Here we answer the question: "What two numbers multiply to -861 and add up to -860?"

The answer to your question is:

-861 and 1

Below we illustrate and prove that -861 and 1 multiply to -861 and add up to -860:

-861 × 1 = -861
-861 + 1 = -860

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

x² - 860x - 861 = 0

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

(x - 861 ) (x + 1)

To summarize, since -861 and 1 multiply to -861 and add up -860, you know that the following is true:

x² - 860x - 861 = (x - 861 ) (x + 1)

Multiply To One Number and Add Up To Another
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