document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=185143>Question 185143</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> THE SUM OF THE DIGITS OF A TWO-DIGIT NUMBER IS 14.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "IF THE NUMBER REPRESENTED BY REVERSING THE DIGITS IS SUBTRACTED FROM THE ORIGINAL NUMBER, THE RESULT IS 18.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "WHAT IS THE ORIGINAL NUMBER? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let <b><i>x</i></b> represent the 10s digit and let <b><i>y</i></b> represent the 1s digit.  Then the number is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE 10x + y\"> and the number with the digits reversed is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE 10y + x\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The sum of the digits is 14:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ x + y = 14\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Reversing the digits subtracted from the original number:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 10x + y - (10y + x) = 9x - 9y = 18 \ \ \Rightarrow\ \ x - y = 2\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now you have a system of two equations in two variables.  Solve the system.  The x value will be the 10s digit of the original number and the y value will be the 1s digit.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0\"><BR>\n" );
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