SOLUTION: A student opens a mathematics book to two facing pages. The product of the page numbers is 600. what are the two page numbers?

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Question 261243: A student opens a mathematics book to two facing pages. The product of the page numbers is 600. what are the two page numbers?
Found 2 solutions by Alan3354, richwmiller:
Answer by Alan3354(69443) About Me  (Show Source):
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sqrt(600) is between 24 and 25
pages are 24 and 25.

Answer by richwmiller(17219) About Me  (Show Source):
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x*(x+1)=600
x^2+x=600
24 and 25