document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=482070>Question 482070</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> PROBLEM...find the 2-digit number whose tens digit is 3 less than the units digit. The original number is 6 more than 4 times the sum of the digits.....\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I HAVE SEVERAL PROBLEMS SIMILAR TO THIS ONE AND I AM WONDERING IF THERE IS A STANDARD FORMULA THAT APPLIES TO THIS TYPE OF QUESTION. THANKS! </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #330062 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=richard1234><B>richard1234(7193)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=richard1234><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=richard1234><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=330062\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> There is no \"standard formula.\"\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You have to use some algebra by giving some digit a name. Suppose the units digit is u. Then the tens digit is u-3. The original number is 6 more than 4 times the sum of the digits means:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE 10(u-3) + u = 6 + 4((u-3) + u)\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(I simply converted the statement into an equation, with the \"original number\" being 10(u-3) + u).\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solving for u,\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE 10(u-3) + u = 6 + 4(2u - 3)\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE 11u - 30 = 8u - 6\"> (simply expand both sides)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE 3u = 24\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE u = 8\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hence, the units digit is 8 and the tens digit is 5. We can check since 58 is 6 more than the 4 times the sum of the digits (13). </SPAN>\n" );
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