document.write( "Question 884545: The sum of two digits of a number is 14. If we subtract 29 from the number, then the digits of the number will be equal. Find the number. \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Let represent the 10s digit and let represent the 1s digit.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "If we subtract 29 from the number, the 1s digit of the result will be one larger than the 1s digit of the original number and the 10s digit will be 3 smaller (3, not 2 because of the borrow that must occur). Hence we have the relationship: since the digits of the new number must be equal. Rearranging we get: \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Solve the 2X2 system to find the two digits of the original number.\r
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