The sum of two consecutive even integers is -102. What are the two integers?

1 Answer
Nov 8, 2016

-50 and -52

Explanation:

An even number can be generally expressed by 2n. So the sum of an even and its consecutive it's expressed by 2n+2n+2 this must be equal to -102. So we have to solve the nearly trivial equation
4n+2=-102 that solved gives n=-26. This means that the two numbers are
2*(-26)=-52 and
2*(-26)+2=-50