What two numbers multiply to -914 and add up to -455?

Here we answer the question: "What two numbers multiply to -914 and add up to -455?"

The answer to your question is:

-457 and 2

Below we illustrate and prove that -457 and 2 multiply to -914 and add up to -455:

-457 × 2 = -914
-457 + 2 = -455

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

x² - 455x - 914 = 0

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

(x - 457 ) (x + 2)

To summarize, since -457 and 2 multiply to -914 and add up -455, you know that the following is true:

x² - 455x - 914 = (x - 457 ) (x + 2)

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