SOLUTION: The sum of the digits of a two digit counting number is 10. If the digits are reversed, the new number is two less than three times the original number. What is the original number

Question 306765: The sum of the digits of a two digit counting number is 10. If the digits are reversed, the new number is two less than three times the original number. What is the original number?
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The sum of the digits of a two digit counting number is 10. If the digits are reversed, the new number is two less than three times the original number. What is the original number?
Let x be the tens digit and y the units digit.
The original number then is 10*x + y. The new number is 10*y + x.
We have then:
1.) x + y = 10 and
2.) 3*(10*x + y) - 2 = 10*y + x
From 1.) we have x = 10 - y. Substituting 10 - y for x in 2.) we have:
3*(10*(10-y) + y) - 2 = 10*y + (10 - y)
3*(100 - 10y + y) - 2 = 10*y + (10 - y)
3*(100 - 9*y) - 2 = 10*y + (10 - y)
300 - 27*y - 2 = 10*y + 10 - y
298 - 27*y = 9*y + 10
36*y = 288
y = 8
Substituting 8 for y in 1.) above we have:
x + y = 10
x + 8 = 10
x = 2
The original number then is 28.

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