What two numbers multiply to -875 and add up to -874?

Here we answer the question: "What two numbers multiply to -875 and add up to -874?"

The answer to your question is:

-875 and 1

Below we illustrate and prove that -875 and 1 multiply to -875 and add up to -874:

-875 × 1 = -875
-875 + 1 = -874

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

x² - 874x - 875 = 0

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

(x - 875 ) (x + 1)

To summarize, since -875 and 1 multiply to -875 and add up -874, you know that the following is true:

x² - 874x - 875 = (x - 875 ) (x + 1)

Multiply To One Number and Add Up To Another
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