SOLUTION: a student opens a mathematics book to two facing pages. the product of the page numbers is 272. find the page numbers.
Algebra.Com
Question 246599: a student opens a mathematics book to two facing pages. the product of the page numbers is 272. find the page numbers.
Answer by edjones(8007) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let the pages be x and x+1
x(x+1)=272
x^2+x-272=0
(x+17)(x-16)=0
x=16
x+1=17
.
Ed
RELATED QUESTIONS
A student opens a mathematics book to two facing pages. The product of the page numbers... (answered by checkley77,jim_thompson5910)
a student opens a mathematics book to two facing pages. The product of the page numbers... (answered by jim_thompson5910)
A student opens a mathematics book to two facing pages. the product of the page numbers... (answered by richard1234)
A student opens a mathematics book to two facing pages. The product of the page numbers... (answered by checkley77)
A student opens a mathematics book to two facing pages. The product of the page numbers... (answered by stanbon)
A student opens a mathematics book to two facing pages. The product of the page numbers... (answered by checkley77,Grinnell)
A student opens a mathematics book to two facing pages. The product of page numbers is... (answered by Alan3354)
A student opens a mathematics book to two facing pages. the product of the page number is (answered by Alan3354)
A student opens a mathematics book to two facing pages. The product of the page numbers... (answered by Alan3354,richwmiller)