Question 1161083

the sum of two consecutive integers is -1. the smaller integer is?
<pre>Let the smaller be S
Then larger is: S + 1
We then get: S + S + 1 = - 1
2S = - 2
Smaller integer, or {{{highlight_green(matrix(1,5, S, "=", (- 2)/2, "=", - 1))}}}