SOLUTION: Two pages that face each other in a book have 341 as the sum of their page numbers. What is the number of the page that comes first?

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Question 1051767: Two pages that face each other in a book have 341 as the sum of their page numbers. What is the number of the page that comes first?
Answer by addingup(3677) About Me  (Show Source):
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x+x+1 = 341
2x = 340
x = 170 is the number of the page that comes first.
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John