Well, honey, if you're looking for a pair of numbers that multiply to -30 and add up to 5, you're gonna want to grab yourself a pen and write down -3 and 10. Yep, that's right, -3 times 10 gives you -30, and -3 plus 10 gives you 5. Math can be a real tricky little devil, but I got your back on this one.
The factor pairs of -30 are (-30 , 1), (-15 , 2), (-10 , 3), (-6 , 5), (30 , -1),
(15 , -2), (10 , -3), and (6 , -5).
None of them add up to 5. So we know that the answer to the question
can't be whole numbers.
With some stronger tools, we find that (8.5208) and (-3.5208) come
pretty close to doing the job.
24 and 5
-12 and +5
1
-5 and -1
-377
They are: 3+2 = 5 and 3^2 = 9
23
1
16
nothing
9 ones and a 5
4 1