document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=816674>Question 816674</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Two consecutive numbers have a sum of -11. The second number is four more than twice the first number. Find the two numbers. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "x+x+1=-11<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x+1=-11<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x=-12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=-6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+1=-5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The second number is four more than twice the first number<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+1=2x+4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=2x+3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "0=x+3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=-3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The first equation says the first number is -6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The second equations say the first number is -3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "They are incompatible<BR>\n" );
document.write( "No such numbers exost </SPAN>\n" );
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