SOLUTION: Can you please help me set this problem up? The sum of the digits of a two-digit number is 14. If the digits are reversed, the new number is 18 less than the original number. Find

SOLUTION: Can you please help me set this problem up? The sum of the digits of a two-digit number is 14. If the digits are reversed, the new number is 18 less than the original number. Find

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Question 372234: Can you please help me set this problem up? The sum of the digits of a two-digit number is 14. If the digits are reversed, the new number is 18 less than the original number. Find the original number.
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Let

be the original 10s digit and let

be the original 1s digit.

First we are given that:

And then:

Collecting terms:

So solve the system:

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