document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1206161>Question 1206161</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A two digit number is such that it's product is 12 and when the digits are reversed the number exceeds the original number by 9, what is the original number? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Terrible English....<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The 2-digit number does not have a product.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The statement should read \"...is such that the product of its digits is 12...\"<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "And note \"its digits\", not \"it's digits\".<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now a shortcut for this kind of problem, involving a 2-digit number and the 2-digit number formed by reversing the digits.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The difference between the two 2-digit numbers is 9 times the difference of the two digits.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "In this problem, since the difference between the two 2-digit numbers is 9, the difference of the two digits is 1.  So the two digits have a product of 12 and a difference of 1, making the two digits 3 and 4.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Finally, since the number with the digits reversed is larger, the number with the digits reversed is 43 and the original number is 34.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "ANSWER: 34<br><BR>\n" );
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