Question

For the two numbers listed, find two factors of the first number such that their product is the first number and their sum is the second number. -9.-8

Answer 1

The integer factor pairs of the first number can be written as ...

... -9 = -1×9 = -3×3 = -9×1

The sums of the factors in these factor pairs are, respectively, ...

... 8, 0, -8

The factor pair (-9, 1) meets your requirement.