The product of two consecutive negative integers is 600. what is the value of the lesser integer?

Value of lesser integer is -25

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the two consecutive negative integers be .

Given: Product of two consecutive negative integers is 600

using property (multiplication is distributive over addition): , we get

As x is negative, is rejected

Therefore,

So,

We know that . On multiplying both sides by -1, we get

So, value of lesser integer is -25

dalila is incorrect. the whisker on the left is very long, going all the way out to 5. the whisker goes from 5 to 30, so it has a spread of 25. the rest of the box plot values are closer together, so 5 is an outlier

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