Here we answer the question: "What two numbers multiply to 202 and add up to -203?"
The answer to your question is:
-202 and -1
Below we illustrate and prove that -202 and -1 multiply to 202 and add up to -203:
-202 × -1 = 202
-202 + -1 = -203
Are you asking because you are trying to figure out how to factor the following quadratic equation?
x2 - 203x + 202 = 0
If so, the solution to factor the quadratic equation above is:
(x - 202 ) (x - 1)
To summarize, since -202 and -1 multiply to 202 and add up -203, you know that the following is true:
x2 - 203x + 202 = (x - 202 ) (x - 1)
Multiply To One Number and Add Up To Another
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