document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=148542>Question 148542</A>This question is from textbook <A HREF=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/9780071443166/algebrahomeworkh>math word problems demystified</A><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In a two-digit number, the ten's digit is 3 more than the one's digit. If the digits are reversed, the difference between the two numbers is 27. Find the number.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #108880 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=scott8148><B>scott8148(6628)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=scott8148><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=scott8148><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=108880\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> let t=\"ten's digit\" and u=\"unit's digit\"\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "\"In a two-digit number, the ten's digit is 3 more than the one's digit\" __ t=u+3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "\"If the digits are reversed, the difference between the two numbers is 27\" __ (10t+u)-(10u+t)=27\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "9t-9u=27 __ dividing by 9 __ t-u=3 __ adding u __ t=u+3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "since the two equations are basically the same, there is no unique solution<BR>\n" );
document.write( "__ any two digits, where one is 3 more than the other, will work </SPAN>\n" );
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