x + y = -1 → y = -1 - x (1)
x*y = - 60 (2)
Put (1) into (2)
x (-1 - x) = -60
-x - x^2 = -60 multiply through by -1 and rearrange
x^2 + x - 60 = 0 solving for x we have
x = [ - 1 + sqrt(241)] / 2 and y = [ - 1 - sqrt(241)] / 2 or
x = [ - 1 - sqrt(241)] / 2 and y = [ - 1 + sqrt(241)] / 2
Technically, the two numbers are:
\(\frac{-1+\sqrt{241}}{2} \text{ . . .and. . . } \frac{-1-\sqrt{241}}{2}\)
I found just it by using the quadratic formula on this equation:
x2 - x - 60 = 0
There are no integers that add to -1 but multiply to -60.
Does your problem look like this:
x2 - x - 60 = 0
Or is there a number in front of the x2 ?
x + y = -1 → y = -1 - x (1)
x*y = - 60 (2)
Put (1) into (2)
x (-1 - x) = -60
-x - x^2 = -60 multiply through by -1 and rearrange
x^2 + x - 60 = 0 solving for x we have
x = [ - 1 + sqrt(241)] / 2 and y = [ - 1 - sqrt(241)] / 2 or
x = [ - 1 - sqrt(241)] / 2 and y = [ - 1 + sqrt(241)] / 2