document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=150546>Question 150546</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> please help me determine the equation and solution to this word problem.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Twice the tens digit of a number is the same as the units digit.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The number is 6 greater than 5 times the units digit.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Find the number. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "u=units digit<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=number we're looking for\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2t=u<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=5u+6\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Plug in a value from this range<BR>\n" );
document.write( "try 1\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2t=1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t=1/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "not a digit\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "try 2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2t=2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t=1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "that would make the number 12.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=5u+6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=5(2)+6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=16, not 12\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "try 3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2t=3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t=3/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "not a digit<BR>\n" );
document.write( "*following this pattern, we see that the units is an even number, since odds give us non-digits.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "try 4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2t=4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t=2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "that would make the number 24<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=5(4)+6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=26, not 24\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "try 6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2t=6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t=3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "That would make the number 36<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=5(6)+6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=36<BR>\n" );
document.write( "It works.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore, the number is 36. </SPAN>\n" );
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