the product of two negative intergers is 156. what is their sum?

Question

The product of two negative intergers is 156 what is their sum

Answer 1

The prime factorization of 156 is 2 x 2 x 3 x 13.  That means there are five pairs of negative integers whose products are 156. Based on that fact, there will be five different answers to their sums.

The factors are:

-2 and -78 with a sum = -80;

-3 and -52 with a sum = -55;

-4 and -39 with a sum of -43;

-6 and -26 with a sum of -32;

-12 and -13 with a sum of -25.