SOLUTION: The sum of the digits of a two-digit number is 12. The number formed by interchanging the digits is 54 more than the orginal number. find the original number and its reversal.

Question 147014: The sum of the digits of a two-digit number is 12. The number formed by interchanging the digits is 54 more than the orginal number. find the original number and its reversal.

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Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let the first digit in the original number be A.
Let the second digit in the original number be B.
1.
The number can be represented as

The number with digits transposed would be

Putting all those together would yield,

2.
Add eq.1 and eq.2 and solve for B.

From 1,

Original number is 39.
Transposed number is 93.

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