SOLUTION: The units digit in a two digit number exceeds the tens digit by 6. The sum of the digits is 10. Find the number

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Question 820567: The units digit in a two digit number exceeds the tens digit by 6. The sum of the digits is 10. Find the number
Answer by fcabanski(1391)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Call the tens digit x. The units digit is 6 more than the tens digit, so it's x+6. Their sum is the result of adding them.


x + x+6 = 10


2x = 4


x = 2


The tens digit is 2, and the units digit is 8. The number is 28.

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