What two numbers multiply to -882 and add up to -881?

Here we answer the question: "What two numbers multiply to -882 and add up to -881?"

The answer to your question is:

-882 and 1

Below we illustrate and prove that -882 and 1 multiply to -882 and add up to -881:

-882 × 1 = -882
-882 + 1 = -881

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

x² - 881x - 882 = 0

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

(x - 882 ) (x + 1)

To summarize, since -882 and 1 multiply to -882 and add up -881, you know that the following is true:

x² - 881x - 882 = (x - 882 ) (x + 1)

Multiply To One Number and Add Up To Another
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