15 and -12.
Here's one way to solve it using algebra:
Say the two numbers are x and y
Then x*y=-180 and x+y=3
The 2nd equation says that y=3-x
Substitute into the 1st equation:
x*(3-x) = -180
This generates a quadratic equation:
3x - x^2 = -180
In standard form:
x^2 - 3x - 180 = 0
If you can't factor this, use the quadratic formula to get the answer(s).
But maybe you can see that 12*15 makes 180 and they are only 3 apart...
Which yields the factoring:
x^2 - 3x - 180 = (x+12)(x-15)
Since (x+12)(x-15) = 0
the roots are x = -12 and x = 15
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unfactorble i think
28
-9 and 20.
+6 and also -6
The numbers are 26 and -14