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document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A two-digit number is five times its units digit. If the digits are reversed, the resulting number is 27 more than the original number. What is the original number? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "\"A two-digit number is five times its units digit.\" says:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10x + y = 5y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10x = 5y - y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10x = 4y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 4/10y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = .4y<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "\" If the digits are reversed, the resulting number is 27 more than the original number.\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10y + x = 10x + y + 27<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10y - y = 10x - x + 27<BR>\n" );
document.write( "9y = 9x + 27<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "y = x + 3; simplified, divided by 9<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What is the original number?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Substitute .4y for x in y = x + 3, solve for y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = .4y + 3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y - .4y + 3<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".6y = 3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = 3/.6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = 5<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x = .4y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = .4(5)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Original number is 25<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(which is 5 times 5) </SPAN>\n" );
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