What two numbers multiply to -890 and add up to -173?

Here we answer the question: "What two numbers multiply to -890 and add up to -173?"

The answer to your question is:

-178 and 5

Below we illustrate and prove that -178 and 5 multiply to -890 and add up to -173:

-178 × 5 = -890
-178 + 5 = -173

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

x² - 173x - 890 = 0

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

(x - 178 ) (x + 5)

To summarize, since -178 and 5 multiply to -890 and add up -173, you know that the following is true:

x² - 173x - 890 = (x - 178 ) (x + 5)

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