SOLUTION: PLEASE HELP WITH THIS WORD PROBLEM...THE PRODUCT OF THE PAGE NUMBERS ON TWO FACING PAGES OF A BOOK IS 600.FIND THE PAGE NUMBERS.
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Question 562943: PLEASE HELP WITH THIS WORD PROBLEM...THE PRODUCT OF THE PAGE NUMBERS ON TWO FACING PAGES OF A BOOK IS 600.FIND THE PAGE NUMBERS.
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
the pages of facing pages are always consequitive
if one is x the other will be x+1
x(x+1)=600
x^2+x=600
x^2+x-600=0
x^2+25x-24x-600=0
x(x+25)-24(x+25)=0
(x+25)(x-24)=0
taking the positive values x= 24
the pages are 24 & 25
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