document.write( "Question 282433: the units of a two-digit numeral is 5 more than the tens digit the number is 3 times the sum of its digits.find the numeral \n" ); document.write( "

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represent the 10s digit. Then

must represent the units digit.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The number is then

, and the sum of the digits is

, and three times the sum of the digits is then

, so:\r
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(which you know has to be 4 or less -- otherwise adding 5 to get the units digit would result in something other than a digit)\r
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