Question

the sum of the page numbers on consecutive pages of a book is 267. What are the page numbers?

Answer 1

lets call one of the pages 'p'. then the next consecutive one must be 'p+1'. you are given their sum, so we know:\[p+p+1=267\]you should be able to solve from there...

Answer 2

i need more help....

Answer 3

which part are you stuck on?

Answer 4

how am i suppose to find what the P are.?

Answer 5

am i suppose to divide?

Answer 6

ok, lets break it down into smaller parts.
first, how can we simplify:
p + p

Answer 7

how many p's do we end up with?

Answer 8

2 p's?!

Answer 9

correct, so we can now write the equation as:
2p + 1 = 267

next, take '1' away from both sides

Answer 10

2p+1=267
1 1
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1p=166?

Answer 11

no - that is not the right way of subtracting.
we do it like this:

2p + 1 - 1 = 267 - 1

to get:

2p = 266

Answer 12

next we divide both sides by 2

Answer 13

which equals 133?

Answer 14

so 1p = 133?!!!

Answer 15

correct - so we end up with:

p = 133

so now we know the page numbers are 133 and 134

Answer 16

yay!!!! so 133 and 134 is my answer!?

Answer 17

correct