SOLUTION: The sum of the page numbers on the facing pages of the a book is 69. What are the pages numbers?

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Question 462418: The sum of the page numbers on the facing pages of the a book is 69. What are the pages numbers?
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Answer by algebrahouse.com(1659) About Me  (Show Source):
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x = one page
x + 1 = next page

x + x + 1 = 69 {sum of pages is 69}
2x + 1 = 69 {combined like terms}
2x = 68 {subtracted 1 from both sides}
x = 34 {divided both sides by 2}
x + 1 = 35 {substituted 34, in for x, into x + 1}

34 and 35 are the page numbers
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Let represent the left page number. Then represents the right page number.



Solve for , then calculate .

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