document.write( "Question 1161044: The difference between the digits of a two-digit number is 1. The number itself is 1 more than 5 times the sum of its digits. If the units digit is greater than the tens digit, find the number. \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #784493 by greenestamps(13203)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! \n" ); document.write( "A quick and easy path to the solution, using logical reasoning -- if a formal algebraic solution is not required. \n" ); document.write( "\"the number itself is 1 more than 5 times the sum of its digits\". \n" ); document.write( "1 more than a multiple of 5 means the units digit of the number is either 1 or 6. \n" ); document.write( "The units digit is 1 more than the tens digit; so the 2-digit number is either \"01\" or \"56\". \n" ); document.write( "\"01\" is not a 2-digit number. \"56\" is; and it satisfies the condition that the number is 1 more than 5 times the sum of its digits. \n" ); document.write( "ANSWER: 56 \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |