What two numbers multiply to -885 and add up to -172?

Here we answer the question: "What two numbers multiply to -885 and add up to -172?"

The answer to your question is:

-177 and 5

Below we illustrate and prove that -177 and 5 multiply to -885 and add up to -172:

-177 × 5 = -885
-177 + 5 = -172

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

x² - 172x - 885 = 0

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

(x - 177 ) (x + 5)

To summarize, since -177 and 5 multiply to -885 and add up -172, you know that the following is true:

x² - 172x - 885 = (x - 177 ) (x + 5)

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