SOLUTION: The sum of two numbers should be -5 but at the same time their product must be 6 i dont get it... i think it means when you multiply 2 numbers it = 6 when you add them they -5

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Question 410621: The sum of two numbers should be -5 but at the same time their product must be 6
i dont get it...
i think it means
when you multiply 2 numbers it = 6
when you add them they -5
What can those numbers be?
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Hi

sum of two numbers is -5 and their product is 6 (-3 and -2 would work)

finding algebraically

 Let x and (-5-x) represent the numbers

    x(-5-x) = 6

  -5x - x^2 = 6

    x^2 + 5x + 6 = 0

   (x+2)(x+3) = 0

   (x+2)=0  x = -2 and (-5-(-2) = -3

   (x+3)=0  x = -3 and (-5-(-3) = -2

CHECKING our Answer***

  -3(-2) = 6