SOLUTION: page numbers on facing pages of a book are consecutive integers. two pages that face each other have 145 as the sum of their page numbers. what are the page numbers?

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Question 222427: page numbers on facing pages of a book are consecutive integers. two pages that face each other have 145 as the sum of their page numbers. what are the page numbers?
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Answer by Alan3354(69443) About Me  (Show Source):
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page numbers on facing pages of a book are consecutive integers. two pages that face each other have 145 as the sum of their page numbers. what are the page numbers?
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It has to be approximately half.
145/2 = 72.5
--> pages 72 and 73

Answer by rfer(16322) About Me  (Show Source):
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72, 73
x+x+1=145
2x=144
x=72
x+1=73