A student opens a math book to two facing pages. The product of the pages is 1332. What are the page numbers

Let x = pg no


then x + 1 = next page





x(x + 1) = 1332





x² + x - 1332 = 0





(x + 37)(x - 36) = 0





x = 36 , ignore trivial negative solution





x + 1 = 37





Thus the two pages are 36 and 37


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A student opens a math book to two facing pages. The product of the pages is 1332. What are the page numbers
They have to be consecutive numbers, p and (p+1).


So p(p+1) = 1332


p^2 + p = 1332


p^2 + p - 1332 = 0





Solve by FOIL (factoring) or quadratic formula, whichever you prefer.