SOLUTION: A student opens a mathematics book to two facing pages. The product of the page numbers is 812. Find the page numbers.
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Question 164165: A student opens a mathematics book to two facing pages. The product of the page numbers is 812. Find the page numbers.
Answer by checkley77(12844) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x(x+1)=812
x^2+x-812=0
(x-28)(x+29)=0
x-28=0
x=28 for the left hand page.
28=1=29 for the right habd page.
Proof
28*29=812
812=812
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