What two numbers multiply to -898 and add up to -897?

Here we answer the question: "What two numbers multiply to -898 and add up to -897?"

The answer to your question is:

-898 and 1

Below we illustrate and prove that -898 and 1 multiply to -898 and add up to -897:

-898 × 1 = -898
-898 + 1 = -897

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

x² - 897x - 898 = 0

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

(x - 898 ) (x + 1)

To summarize, since -898 and 1 multiply to -898 and add up -897, you know that the following is true:

x² - 897x - 898 = (x - 898 ) (x + 1)

Multiply To One Number and Add Up To Another
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