document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=329095>Question 329095</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A student opens a book to two facing pages. The product of the page numbers is 2550. What are thepage numbers? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #235815 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mananth><B>mananth(16946)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mananth><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=mananth><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=235815\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> let the left side page number be x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "so the next page number will be x+1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x(x+1)= 2550<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2+x=2550<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2+x-2550=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2+51x-50x-2550=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x(x+51)-50(x+51)=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(x+51)(x-50)=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x= 50 ignore the negative value 51<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the pages are 50 & 51 </SPAN>\n" );
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