SOLUTION: Tanya is 6 times younger than her great-grandfather. If a zero is placed between the digits of her age, it will read as the age of her great-grandfather. How old is Tanya?

Question 1124381: Tanya is 6 times younger than her great-grandfather. If a zero is placed between the digits of her age, it will read as the age of her great-grandfather. How old is Tanya?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = the tens digit of Tanya�s age
Let = the units digit of Tanya�s age
( also note that is the hundreds digit
Of her greatgrandfather�s age And is
the units digit of her greatgrandfather�s age
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(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
a and b must be single digits, and the only
way that can be true, is if and
Tanya is 18
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