What two numbers multiply to 686 and add up to -63?

Here we answer the question: "What two numbers multiply to 686 and add up to -63?"

The answer to your question is:

-49 and -14

Below we illustrate and prove that -49 and -14 multiply to 686 and add up to -63:

-49 × -14 = 686
-49 + -14 = -63

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

x² - 63x + 686 = 0

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

(x - 49 ) (x - 14)

To summarize, since -49 and -14 multiply to 686 and add up -63, you know that the following is true:

x² - 63x + 686 = (x - 49 ) (x - 14)

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