document.write( "Question 1101895: In a two-digit number, if it is known that its unit's digit exceeds its ten's digit by 2 and that the product of the given number and the sum of its digits is equal to 144, then the number is \n" ); document.write( "
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t, the Tens digit
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\n" ); document.write( "\"10t%2Bu\", the two-digit number\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The description literally translated into a system of equations:
\n" ); document.write( "\"system%28u-t=2%2C%2810t%2Bu%29%28t%2Bu%29=144%29\"
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Use u=t+2 to substitute into the Product_144 equation and simplify:
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\n" ); document.write( "\"%2811t%2B2%29%282t%2B2%29=144\"
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\n" ); document.write( "\"11t%5E2%2B13t-70=0\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Discriminant, \"169%2B4%2A11%2A70=3249=57%5E2\";\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"t=%28-13%2B57%29%2F%282%2A11%29\"------using general solution for quadratic equation\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"highlight%28t=2%29\"
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\n" ); document.write( "\"highlight%28u=4%29\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The two-digit number is: \"highlight%2824%29\".
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