SOLUTION: From a two place digit number 5times tens' digit and 3times unit's digit is subtracted leaving a remainder of 32.The tens' digit less the units digit is 4. Find the number.

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Question 1062830: From a two place digit number 5times tens' digit and 3times unit's digit is subtracted leaving a remainder of 32.The tens' digit less the units digit is 4. Find the number.

Answer by josgarithmetic(39620)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
t for the TENS digit and u for the UNITS or ONES digit.
The original number is .

The description changed into equations is the system

This interpretation will not work, giving you instead a non-digit result.


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The tens' digit less the units digit is 4.
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In case that part of the description is unclear, this part could mean , so two choices are possible. Here is the choice which will work:
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use second equation solved for t,
and substitute into "first" equation.
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Use this found u value to evaluate t.



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Original Nummber .

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