What two numbers multiply to -892 and add up to -891?

Here we answer the question: "What two numbers multiply to -892 and add up to -891?"

The answer to your question is:

-892 and 1

Below we illustrate and prove that -892 and 1 multiply to -892 and add up to -891:

-892 × 1 = -892
-892 + 1 = -891

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

x² - 891x - 892 = 0

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

(x - 892 ) (x + 1)

To summarize, since -892 and 1 multiply to -892 and add up -891, you know that the following is true:

x² - 891x - 892 = (x - 892 ) (x + 1)

Multiply To One Number and Add Up To Another
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