SOLUTION: please help me solve this word question. The sum of the page numbers on facing pages of a book is 157; what are the page numbers?
Thanks!
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Question 693155: please help me solve this word question. The sum of the page numbers on facing pages of a book is 157; what are the page numbers?
Thanks!
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x+(x+1) = 157
2x + 1 = 157
2x = 157-1
2x = 156
x = 156/2
x = 78
x+1 = 79
So the two page numbers are 78 and 79.
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