SOLUTION: What two numbers add up to -5 but multiply to give you 3? thank you for your time

SOLUTION: What two numbers add up to -5 but multiply to give you 3? thank you for your time

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Question 643759: What two numbers add up to -5 but multiply to give you 3?
thank you for your time
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let the two numbers be and .
1.
2.
From eq. 2, assuming doesn't equal zero,

Then substitute into eq. 1,

Use the quadratic formula,

or approximately,
or
Then from above,

or
Make sure to verify the answer using the two equations.
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