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                The sum of two consecutive integers is -15. what is the product of the two integers?
            
            
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                    Answered by
            Reiny
            
    x + x+1 =-15
2x = -16
x = -8
so the two numbers are -8 and -7
their product = 56
    
2x = -16
x = -8
so the two numbers are -8 and -7
their product = 56
                    Answered by
            Anonymous
            
    how did you figure out all of that? how did you get -16? and -8?
    
                    Answered by
            Reiny
            
    As you can see in my post , I solved the equation that I formed from the English sentences.
At what grade level are you studying this ?
    
At what grade level are you studying this ?
                    Answered by
            Anonymous
            
    I'm in 8th grade and this is a 9th grade class. I was just wondering because she gave it to us without going over it slowly...
    
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