SOLUTION: Can you help me solve this problem that I am confused with.
A student opens a mathematics book to two facing pages. The product number is 156. Find the page number,
The first p
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Question 352477: Can you help me solve this problem that I am confused with.
A student opens a mathematics book to two facing pages. The product number is 156. Find the page number,
The first page is
The second page is
thanks a million
Answer by jjordan95(63) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Product = multiplication
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They are asking which two consecutive page numbers, when multiplied together will give you 156.
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Based on experience, I know that 13*13 is 169. Seeing as 156 is 13 less than 169, that is the same as 12*13. Thereby giving you your two consecutive page numbers and .
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If you set up this in algebraic form it looks like this:
OR , depending on whether you are calling X your higher or lower of the two consecutive numbers. This simplifies to . From here, I personally do not know of any way to "theoretically" solve the problem. From this point on you would just plug and chug.
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Hope this helps,
J
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