Problema Solution
The product of the page numbers on two facing pages of a book is
306. Find the page numbers.
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The page numbers are two consecutive integers.
Let 'x' and 'x + 1' represent the numbers of the facing pages, where x is natural number.
x(x + 1) = 306
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x = 17
We need to ignore the negative solution -18 since the page numbers are always positive.
17 + 1 = 18
Indeed, 17*18 = 306
The page numbers are 17 and 18.