SOLUTION: Question: The sum of two digits of a number is 10. If the digits chane their places, the value of the number is decreased by 18. Find the number.
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Question 188635: Question: The sum of two digits of a number is 10. If the digits chane their places, the value of the number is decreased by 18. Find the number. Answer by Mathtut(3670) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! let the number be ab.....which can be written as 10a+b......the number reversed would be ba.....which can be written as 10b+a
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a+b=10.......eq 1
10b+a=10a+b-18...eq 2--->9b-9a=-18
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rewrite eq 1 to a=10-b and plug it into eq 2
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9b-9(10-b)=-18
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9b-90+9b=-18
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18b=72
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b=4
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a=10-4 =6
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so our number is 64
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