Answer:
-9
Step-by-step explanation:
use an equation to solve this
consecutive means in succession, one after the other
since they're odd, both numbers have to be odd
let x be the first number
x+x+2=-20
+2 because if you only +1, one of the numbers would be even
2x+2=-20
-2. -2
2x=-22
x=-11
the smaller would be -9 since we are adding x and x+2 together
