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\n" ); document.write( "the sum of two consecutive integers is -1. the smaller integer is?
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Let the smaller be S
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document.write( "Then larger is: S + 1
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document.write( "We then get: S + S + 1 = - 1
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document.write( "2S = - 2
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document.write( "Smaller integer, or  \n" );
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