document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=364031>Question 364031</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> a student opens a mathematics book to two facing pages. the product of the page number is 702. find the page number.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the first page is<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the second page is </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let's have x represent the left page and (x+1) be the right page. Now the equation will look like this:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x(x+1)=702<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Rewritten as:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2+x-702=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Factor this to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(x-26)(x+27)=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Solve for x:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=26<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=-27<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The sensible answer is 26 so the pages are<BR>\n" );
document.write( "26 and 27<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Make sense?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "RJ<BR>\n" );
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