document.write( "Question 668488: my 3 digit number has a 4 in the hundreds place. it has a greater digit in the tens place than in the ones place.the sum of the digits is 6 what is my number
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Algebra.Com's Answer #415604 by Edwin McCravy(20060)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! my 3 digit number... \n" ); document.write( " \r\n" ); document.write( "We are to fill in these three digits:\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "_ _ _\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "has a 4 in the hundreds place. \n" ); document.write( " \r\n" ); document.write( "So we fill in the first digit as a 4\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "4 _ _\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "the sum of the digits is 6 \n" ); document.write( " \r\n" ); document.write( "Since the first digit is 4, the sum of the last\r\n" ); document.write( "two digits must be 2. So they can either be\r\n" ); document.write( "two 1's or a 0 and a 2.\r\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "it has a greater digit in the tens place than in the ones place \n" ); document.write( " \r\n" ); document.write( "That rules out two 1's. So that means they are a 0 and a 2,\r\n" ); document.write( "and since the tens digit is greater it must be the 2 and the\r\n" ); document.write( "ones digit is the 0. So the answer is:\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "4 2 0\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "Edwin\n" ); document.write( " |