A book is opened to a page at random. The product of the facing page numbers is 9312. What is the sum of the facing page numbers?

193

Step-by-step explanation:

Let's "cheat" a little on this one

We know that the numbers are consecutive

so lets take the square root of 9312 to get close

√9312 = 96.4987046545

Consecutive numbers around 96.4987046545

96 * 97 = 9312

96 + 97 = 193

The "correct" method would be to set up an equation

x(x + 1) = 9312

x² + x = 9312

x² + x - 9312 = 0

Then use the quadratic equation to solve for x

Which you can do if you're so inclined.

Me, I'm happy to have "cheated"

step-by-step explanation:

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graphically?   well, you graph them both, the solutions is where they both intersect each other, since there are two solutions, meaning they will meet twice, or namely the linear will run into the quadratic curve twice, and where they meet, those x,y coordinates are the solutions to the system.