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Mrs. Donegan opened a book so the the sum of the page nubers on the facing pages is 93. What is the page numbers? Hint: Page num
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Mrs. Donegan opened a book so the the sum of the page nubers on the facing pages is 93. What is the page numbers? Hint: Page num
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Question 254547: my daughter needs help with this math prblem.
Mrs. Donegan opened a book so the the sum of the page nubers on the facing pages is 93. What is the page numbers? Hint: Page numbers are always conseutive numbers.
Thank you for your help with this. Found 2 solutions by Alan3354, dabanfield:Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! The hard way:
n + n+1 = 93
2n + 1 = 93
2n = 92
n = 47
--> 46 & 47
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The easy way:
93/2 = 46.5
--> 46 & 47
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let p be the page number on the left-hand page. Then the right hand page number is p+1.
So we have then:
p + (p+1) = 93
and
2*p + 1 = 93
2*p = 93-1 = 92
p = 46
p+1 = 47
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