document.write( "Question 696128: Find a two digit integer that is increased by 1/5 of its value if its digit are reversed \n" ); document.write( "
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\"a\" = first (tens) digit
\n" ); document.write( "\"b\" = second (ones) digit
\n" ); document.write( "The number looks like ab,
\n" ); document.write( "but its value is \"10a%2Bb\".
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\n" ); document.write( "The number formed when the digits are reversed looks like ba,
\n" ); document.write( "and its value is \"10b%2Ba\" , which is larger.
\n" ); document.write( "The reversal of the digits increases the value by 1/5 to
\n" ); document.write( "\"1%2B1%2F5=6%2F5\" of the original value,
\n" ); document.write( "making the reverse number equal to \"6%2F5\" times the original number.
\n" ); document.write( "So \"10b%2Ba=%286%2F5%29%2810a%2Bb%29\"
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\n" ); document.write( "First we simplify:
\n" ); document.write( "\"10b%2Ba=%286%2F5%29%2810a%2Bb%29\" --> \"5%2810b%2Ba%29=5%286%2F5%29%2810a%2Bb%29\" --> \"5%2810b%2Ba%29=6%2810a%2Bb%29\" --> \"50b%2B5a=60a%2B6b\"
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\n" ); document.write( "Next we solve:
\n" ); document.write( "\"50b%2B5a=60a%2B6b\" --> \"50b%2B5a-5a-6b=60a%2B6b-54-6b\" --> \"44b=55a\" --> \"44b%2F11=55a%2F11\" --> \"highlight%284b=5a%29\"
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\n" ); document.write( "Since \"a\" and \"b\" are integers,
\n" ); document.write( "for \"4b\" to be the multiple of \"5\" indicated by \"5b\",
\n" ); document.write( "\"b\" must be a multiple of \"5\".
\n" ); document.write( "Since \"b\" is a digit and a multiple of \"5\", it can only be \"highlight%28b=5%29\".
\n" ); document.write( "So \"4%2A5=5a\" --> \"4%2A5%2F5=5a%2F5\" --> \"highlight%28a=4%29\",
\n" ); document.write( "and the original two-digit number is \"highlight%2845%29\".
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