SOLUTION: Mrs. Donegan opened a book so the sum of the page numbers on the facing pages was 33. Show the pages of her open book...What are the consecutive page numbers?

Question 267831: Mrs. Donegan opened a book so the sum of the page numbers on the facing pages was 33. Show the pages of her open book...What are the consecutive page numbers?
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Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Mrs. Donegan opened a book so the sum of the page numbers on the facing pages was 33. Show the pages of her open book...What are the consecutive page numbers?
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1st page: x
Next page: x+1
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Equatiion:
x + x+1 = 33
2x + 1 = 33
2x = 32
x = 16 (1st page)
x+1 = 16 (next page)
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cheers,
Stan H.
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
33/2 = 16.5
--> 16 and 17

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