SOLUTION: Two numbers have the sum of -6 and a product of -16. Find the integers.

Question 258042: Two numbers have the sum of -6 and a product of -16. Find the integers.
Answer by drk(1908) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let x and Y be the numbers. From the given information, we get
(i)
(ii)
step 1 - solve for X in (i) to get
(iii)
step 2 - substitute (iii) into (ii) to get
(iv)
expand (iv) to get
(v)
set = 0 to get
(vi)
divide by -1 and factor to get
(vii)
solve to get
Y = 2, Y = -8. We have two answers in x,y form as
(-8,2) and (2,-8)
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