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.

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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) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let x be the first integer and x+1 be the second integer
we have
x+%2B+x+%2B+1+=+-205
simplifying, we get
2x+%2B+1+=+-205
subtracting 1 we get
2x+=+-206
dividing we get
x+=+-103
So,
we have -103 and -102
The larger is -102

Answer by Alan3354(69443) About Me  (Show Source):
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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