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Which factors of -24 will give you a sum of -5?​

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A negative number always factors as a positive times a negative.

I would reccomend doing it systematically, like I have done below.

When ding it this way, you will see that -8 and +3 satisfy both requirements.

Which factors of -24 will give you a sum of -5?​-example-1
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