SOLUTION: name two integers whose product is -18 and whose quotient is -2

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Question 929007: name two integers whose product is -18 and whose quotient is -2
Answer by CubeyThePenguin(3113) About Me  (Show Source):
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xy = -18
x/y = -2 ----> x = -2y

Substitute the second equation into the first equation.

xy = -18
(-2y)(y) = -18
-2y^2 = -18
y^2 = 9
y = 3 or -3

Solutions = (x, y) = (6, -3) or (-6, 3)