What two numbers multiply to 596 and add up to -153?

Here we answer the question: "What two numbers multiply to 596 and add up to -153?"

The answer to your question is:

-149 and -4

Below we illustrate and prove that -149 and -4 multiply to 596 and add up to -153:

-149 × -4 = 596
-149 + -4 = -153

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

x² - 153x + 596 = 0

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

(x - 149 ) (x - 4)

To summarize, since -149 and -4 multiply to 596 and add up -153, you know that the following is true:

x² - 153x + 596 = (x - 149 ) (x - 4)

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