document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=327504>Question 327504</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> This problem was under the section Quadratic equations and problem solving... in my book.  The problem is:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The sum of the squares of two consecutive negative integers is 221.  Find the integers.  I worked out the problem to make it a quadratic.  My question is:  How does the book get the answer of -10 and -11?  I don't understand when... subsituting the numbers into the first sentence gets the right answer. </SPAN>\n" );
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