SOLUTION: The unit's digit of a two-digit number is one-third the tens digit. When the digits are reversed, the new number is two more than four times the tens digit. Find the original numbe

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Question 479101: The unit's digit of a two-digit number is one-third the tens digit. When the digits are reversed, the new number is two more than four times the tens digit. Find the original number?
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The unit's digit of a two-digit number is one-third the tens digit.
When the digits are reversed, the new number is two more than four times the tens digit.
Find the original number?
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Let x = the tens digit
Let y = the units
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10x + y = "the number"
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Write an equation for each statement:
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"The unit's digit of a two-digit number is one-third the tens digit."
y = 1%2F3x
or
3y = x
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"When the digits are reversed, the new number is two more than four times the tens digit."
10y + x = 4x + 2
10y = 4x - x + 2
10y = 3x + 2
Replace x with 3y
10y = 3(3y) + 2
10y = 9y + 2
10y - 9y = 2
y = 2 is the units
then
3(2) = 6 is the 10's digit
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62 is the number
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You can confirm this in the statement
"When the digits are reversed, the new number is two more than four times the tens digit. "