What two numbers multiply to -942 and add up to -151?

Here we answer the question: "What two numbers multiply to -942 and add up to -151?"

The answer to your question is:

-157 and 6

Below we illustrate and prove that -157 and 6 multiply to -942 and add up to -151:

-157 × 6 = -942
-157 + 6 = -151

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

x² - 151x - 942 = 0

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

(x - 157 ) (x + 6)

To summarize, since -157 and 6 multiply to -942 and add up -151, you know that the following is true:

x² - 151x - 942 = (x - 157 ) (x + 6)

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