SOLUTION: how do you find 2 consecutive odd intergera whose sum is negative 104?

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Question 497946: how do you find 2 consecutive odd intergera whose sum is negative 104?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) About Me  (Show Source):
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The numbers must be negative to sum
up to +-104+
Let +n+ = larger odd integer
+n+-+2+ is the next smaller consecutive odd integer
given:
+n+%2B+n+-+2+=+-104+
+2n+=+-104+%2B2+
+2n+=+-102+
+n+=+-51+
+n+-+2+=+-53+
the numbers are -51 and -53