SOLUTION: a two digit number is 5 times the sum of its digits and is also equal to 5 more than the product of its digit find the number

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Question 612808: a two digit number is 5 times the sum of its digits and is also equal to 5 more than the product of its digit find the number

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the number, as far as i can tell, is 50.
the first digit is 5.
the second digit is 0.
it can't be 05 because that's a one digit number of 5.
when the most significant digit is 5 and the least significant digit is 0, you get:
5+0=5
5*0+5=5
the sum of the digits is equal to the product of the digits plus 5.
the equation is generated and solved for as follows:
let x equal 1 of the digits and y equal the other digit.
you get:
xy+5=x+y
subtract x and subtract 5 from both sides of this equation to get:
xy-x=y-5
factor out the x on the left side of the equation to get:
x(y-1) = (y-5)
divide both sides of the equation by (y-1) to get:
x = (y-5)/(y-1)
since x or y have to be single digits from 0 to 9, it's then a matter of substituting a single digit from 0 to 9 for y and seeing what the value of x becomes.
you get:
y         x
0         5
1         undefined
2         -3
3         -1
4         -.3333...
5         0
6         .2
7         .3333...
8         .42857...
9         .5

you can see that the only digits that come out to be intergers in the interval of from 0 to 9 are when x = 0 and y = 5 or when x = 5 and y = 0.
if x is the most significant digit, then the solution is x = 5 and y = 0.
if x is the least significant digit, then the solution is x = 0 and y = 5.

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