What two numbers multiply to -872 and add up to -871?

Here we answer the question: "What two numbers multiply to -872 and add up to -871?"

The answer to your question is:

-872 and 1

Below we illustrate and prove that -872 and 1 multiply to -872 and add up to -871:

-872 × 1 = -872
-872 + 1 = -871

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

x² - 871x - 872 = 0

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

(x - 872 ) (x + 1)

To summarize, since -872 and 1 multiply to -872 and add up -871, you know that the following is true:

x² - 871x - 872 = (x - 872 ) (x + 1)

Multiply To One Number and Add Up To Another
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