document.write( "Question 957727: Five times the sum of the digits of a two-digit number is 13 less than the original number. If you reverse the digits in the two-digit number, four times the sum of its two digits is 21 less than the reversed two-digit number.
\n" ); document.write( "The difference of the original two-digit number and the number with reversed digits is
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Algebra.Com's Answer #585268 by josmiceli(19441)\"\" \"About 
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Let \"+a+\" = the tens digit
\n" ); document.write( "Let \"+b+\" = the units digit
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\n" ); document.write( "(1) \"+5%2A%28+a+%2B+b+%29+=+10a+%2B+b+-+13+\"
\n" ); document.write( "(2) \"+4%2A%28+b+%2B+a+%29+=+10b+%2B+a+-+21+\"
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\n" ); document.write( "(1) \"+5a+%2B+5b+=+10a+%2B+b+-+13+\"
\n" ); document.write( "(1) \"+5a+-+4b+=+13+\"
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\n" ); document.write( "(2) \"+4b+%2B+4a++=+10b+%2B+a+-+21+\"
\n" ); document.write( "(2) \"+-3a+%2B+6b+=+21+\"
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\n" ); document.write( "Multiply both sides of (2) by \"+5+\"
\n" ); document.write( "and both sides of (1) by \"+3+\"
\n" ); document.write( "and add the equations
\n" ); document.write( "(1) \"+15a+-+12b+=+39+\"
\n" ); document.write( "(2) \"+-15a+%2B+30b+=+105+\"
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\n" ); document.write( "\"+18b+=+144+\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"+b+=+8+\"
\n" ); document.write( "and
\n" ); document.write( "(1) \"+5a+-+4%2A8+=+13+\"
\n" ); document.write( "(1) \"+5a+=+13+%2B+32+\"
\n" ); document.write( "(1) \"+5a+=+45+\"
\n" ); document.write( "(1) \"+a+=+9+\"
\n" ); document.write( "The original number is 98
\n" ); document.write( "Number with reversed digits is 89
\n" ); document.write( "\"+98+-+89+=+9+\"
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\n" ); document.write( "check:
\n" ); document.write( "(1) \"+5%2A%28+a+%2B+b+%29+=+10a+%2B+b+-+13+\"
\n" ); document.write( "(1) \"+5%2A%28+9+%2B+8+%29+=+10%2A9+%2B+8+-+13+\"
\n" ); document.write( "(1) \"+5%2A17+=+98+-+13+\"
\n" ); document.write( "(1) \"+85+=+85+\"
\n" ); document.write( "OK
\n" ); document.write( "(2) \"+4%2A%28+b+%2B+a+%29+=+10b+%2B+a+-+21+\"
\n" ); document.write( "(2) \"+4%2A%28+8+%2B+9+%29+=+10%2A8+%2B+9+-+21+\"
\n" ); document.write( "(2) \"+4%2A17+=+89+-+21+\"
\n" ); document.write( "(2) \"+68+=+68+\"
\n" ); document.write( "OK\r
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