SOLUTION: aI NEED HELP I DONT UNDERSTAND PLEASE HELP ME FIGURE OUT THIS QUESTION The sum of two consecutive integers is -205. Find the larger integer.

Question 257366: aI NEED HELP I DONT UNDERSTAND PLEASE HELP ME FIGURE OUT THIS QUESTION
The sum of two consecutive integers is -205. Find the larger integer.
Found 2 solutions by drk, Alan3354:
Answer by drk(1908) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let x be the first integer and x+1 be the second integer
we have

simplifying, we get

subtracting 1 we get

dividing we get

So,
we have -103 and -102
The larger is -102
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The sum of two consecutive integers is -205. Find the larger integer.
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Do these the easy way.
-205/2 = -102.5
--> -102 and -103

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