SOLUTION: The sum of the digits of a two digit number is 14. The difference between the tens digit and the units digit is 2. What is the number?

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Question 624884: The sum of the digits of a two digit number is 14. The difference between the tens digit and the units digit is 2. What is the number?
Answer by opeodu(24)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let the ten digit be 'X' and the unit digit be 'Y'.
X+Y=14-----(A)
X-Y=2------(B)
2X=16
X=16/2=8
Y=14-X
Y=14-8=6

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