Question

What 2 numbers multiply to -30 and add to 1

Answer 1

First, lets see all the ways we can write -30 as a product of two integers:

notice that with the last row, we have the following:

`\begin{gathered} (-5)\cdot(6)=-30 \\ -5+6=1 \end{gathered}`

therefore, -5 and 6 multiply to -30 and add to 1