Question

Find the interger pair that has the given product and sum.The product is 12 The sum is -7. What are the two intergers?

Answer 1

the necessary concept is that one of the numbers is x and the other number is y. so the product would be.

x*y = 12

and the sum is ?

Answer 2

What confuses me is tha it could be several numbers

Answer 3

integer condition will limit your confuse

Answer 4

x*y = 12

x+y = -7

// solve the top equation for x or y
// plug in x or y into the second equation to find either x or y. then plug x or y back into the first equation to find the second unkown variable.