For the following two numbers, find two factors of the first number such that their product is the first number and their sum is the second number ? -21,-4

You can make some algebraic equations and solve it.
The first would be:

The second would be

You can then rearrange the second into

And subsitute it into the first like so:

After that, distribute the y into the parantheses.

Subtract the 21 on both sides and multiply by -1 on both sides:

You then can factor it into:

With Zero Product Property, we can determine y to be either -3 and 7. Since the variables are interchangable, you can say the same about x, just that whatever x is, y must be the other value.

Thus, the answer is 7 and -3.

16 minutes is correct