What two numbers multiply to -894 and add up to -143?

Here we answer the question: "What two numbers multiply to -894 and add up to -143?"

The answer to your question is:

-149 and 6

Below we illustrate and prove that -149 and 6 multiply to -894 and add up to -143:

-149 × 6 = -894
-149 + 6 = -143

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

x² - 143x - 894 = 0

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

(x - 149 ) (x + 6)

To summarize, since -149 and 6 multiply to -894 and add up -143, you know that the following is true:

x² - 143x - 894 = (x - 149 ) (x + 6)

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