What two numbers multiply to -868 and add up to -432?

Here we answer the question: "What two numbers multiply to -868 and add up to -432?"

The answer to your question is:

-434 and 2

Below we illustrate and prove that -434 and 2 multiply to -868 and add up to -432:

-434 × 2 = -868
-434 + 2 = -432

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

x² - 432x - 868 = 0

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

(x - 434 ) (x + 2)

To summarize, since -434 and 2 multiply to -868 and add up -432, you know that the following is true:

x² - 432x - 868 = (x - 434 ) (x + 2)

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