Here we answer the question: "What two numbers multiply to 377 and add up to -42?"
The answer to your question is:
-29 and -13
Below we illustrate and prove that -29 and -13 multiply to 377 and add up to -42:
-29 × -13 = 377
-29 + -13 = -42
Are you asking because you are trying to figure out how to factor the following quadratic equation?
x2 - 42x + 377 = 0
If so, the solution to factor the quadratic equation above is:
(x - 29 ) (x - 13)
To summarize, since -29 and -13 multiply to 377 and add up -42, you know that the following is true:
x2 - 42x + 377 = (x - 29 ) (x - 13)
Multiply To One Number and Add Up To Another
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