document.write( "Question 153064: If someone opens a book to two facing pages, the product of the page number is 2352. What is the first and second page? \n" ); document.write( "

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Let x = the first page number and x+1 the number of the facing page.
\n" ); document.write( " $\"x%28x%2B1%29+=+2352\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"x%5E2%2Bx+=+2352\"$ Subtract 2352 from both sides.
\n" ); document.write( " $\"x%5E2%2Bx-2352+=+0\"$ Factor the quadratic equation.
\n" ); document.write( " $\"%28x-48%29%28x%2B49%29+=+0\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"x+=+48\"$ or $\"x+=+-49\"$
\n" ); document.write( "The first page is 48. The second page is 49. \n" ); document.write( "

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