document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=170484>Question 170484</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Can you please help me solve the following word problem and the formula used to solve it?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A two digit number is 6 times the sum of it digits.  Two times the units digit is three more than the tens digit.  Find the units.  The multiple choice answers are:  a) 2  b) 3   c) 4   d) 5  e)6\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "thank you for your help, Phillip </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "your looking for a two digit number lets call the tens digit a and  ones unit be b.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "so 10a+1b=6(a+b)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and 2b=a+3---->a=2b-3<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "10a+b=6a+6b--->4a-5b=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".............. a-2b=-3  multiply bottom equation by -4 to eliminate a terms<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "8b-5b=12<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight%28b=4%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight%28b=4%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > which is the units digit<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight%28a=2%284%29-3=5%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight%28a=2%284%29-3=5%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > which is the tens unit\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "so our number is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=54 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"54\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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