SOLUTION: the product of the page numbers of two facing pages is 600 what are the two facing pages numberS?

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Question 417505: the product of the page numbers of two facing pages is 600 what are the two facing pages numberS?
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the product of the page numbers of two facing pages is 600 what are the two facing pages numberS?
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Those numbers are consecutive integers.
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1st: x
2nd: x+1
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Equation:
x(x+1) = 600
x^2+x-600 = 0
(x+25)(x-24) = 0
Positive solution:
x = 24
x+1 = 25
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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