SOLUTION: A student opens a mathematics book to two facing pages. The product of the page numbers is 2550. Find the page numbers. The first page is ?? The Second page is ??

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Question 357641: A student opens a mathematics book to two facing pages. The product of the page numbers is 2550. Find the page numbers.

The first page is ??
The Second page is ??
Answer by robertb(5830) About Me  (Show Source):
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let x = the first page, so x +1 = next page.
Then x%28x%2B1%29+=+2550,
x%5E2+%2B+x+=+2550,
x%5E2+%2B+x+-+2550=0,
%28x-50%29%28x%2B51%29=+0,
x = 50, and x+1 = 51.