What two numbers multiply to -862 and add up to -861?

Here we answer the question: "What two numbers multiply to -862 and add up to -861?"

The answer to your question is:

-862 and 1

Below we illustrate and prove that -862 and 1 multiply to -862 and add up to -861:

-862 × 1 = -862
-862 + 1 = -861

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

x² - 861x - 862 = 0

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

(x - 862 ) (x + 1)

To summarize, since -862 and 1 multiply to -862 and add up -861, you know that the following is true:

x² - 861x - 862 = (x - 862 ) (x + 1)

Multiply To One Number and Add Up To Another
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