The sum of two consecutive integers is -39. list the two numbers from smallest to greatest

  -20, -19

Step-by-step explanation:

The average of the two numbers is -39/2 = -19.5. The smaller number is 0.5 less than this, -20, and the larger number is 0.5 more than -19.5, so is -19.

Comment on the problem and solution

I find that working consecutive integer problems is often simplified by working with the average value of those integers:

the average of two consecutive odd integers is the even integer between themthe average of two consecutive even integers is the odd integer between themthe average of an odd number of integers of the same type (consecutive, consecutive odd, consecutive even) is the middle oneThe average of an even number of consecutive integers is the "half" number between the middle two (as in this problem).

7p=14 so then you would divide by p=2