document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=83278>Question 83278</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> my grandmother age has a units digit of three, and the aquare of the tens digits is her age reversed. ho old is my grandmother? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Assuming grandmother's age is a two digit number, it can be written <BR>\n" );
document.write( "as 10t+3 where t is the ten's digit. The reverse is 3*10 + t<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "EQUATION:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t^2 = 3*10+t<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t^2-t-30=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(t-6)(t+5)=0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t=6<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Grandma is 63<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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