Given:
Numbers: 7, -8
a.) The two factors of the first number such that their product is the first number.
b.) Their sum is the second number.
Let,
x = the first factor
y = the second factor
Generated Equations:
a.) The two factors of the first number such that their product is the first number.
xy = 7
b.) Their sum is the second number.
x + y = -8
Let's determine the missing factors using the substitution method:
xy = 7
y = 7/x Substitute to the second equation.
x + y = -8
x + 7/x = -8
(x + 7/x = -8)(x)
x^2 +