SOLUTION: The product of the page numbers on two facing pages of a book is 132. Find the page numbers.
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Question 245934: The product of the page numbers on two facing pages of a book is 132. Find the page numbers.
Found 2 solutions by Alan3354, dabanfield:
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
sqrt(132) = 11....
Numbers are 11 and 12
Answer by dabanfield(803) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let P be the page number of the first page. Then the next page has number P+1.
So we have P *(P+1) = 132
P^2 + P - 132 = 0
This is a quadradic equation. Solve for P.
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