What two numbers multiply to -8 and add to -4

The two numbers are -5.4641, and 1.4641.

Let x and y be two numbers.

Then according to question product of these numbers is -8 and sum is -4

That is

and

From (2) we get

Substituting in (1), we get  

Simplifying these we get two numbers x=-5.4641, 1.4641

and y = -4 + 5.4641 = 1.4641,

y=-4 - 1.4641=-5.4641

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  -2-2√3, -2+2√3

Step-by-step explanation:

Let x represent one of the numbers. Then the other number is -4-x. We want the product to be -8:

  x(-4-x) = -8

  -4x -x^2 = -8 . . . . . eliminate parentheses

  x^2 +4x = 8 . . . . . . multiply by -1

  x^2 +4x +4 = 12 . . . add 4 to complete the square

  (x +2)^2 = 12

  x +2 = ±√12 = ±2√3

  x = -2±2√3

The two numbers are -2-2√3 ≈ -5.4641, and -2+2√3 ≈ 1.4641.

option a is correct.

step-by-step explanation:

scale factor: it is used to find proportional measurements.

proportions means having the same ratio.

scale factor is the ratio of the model measurement to the actual measurement in a simplest form.

or we can say that the ratio of any two corresponding lengths in two similar geometric figures

if the scale factor is more than 1, then it is an enlargement,

if the scale factor less than 1, then it is a reduction.

given the two geometric figure:

by definition of proportions, we have