SOLUTION: what two-digit number is twice the product of its digits?

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Question 152441: what two-digit number is twice the product of its digits?
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Any two-digit number can be written as the sum of its respective 10's and units components.Assuming that the units place in the particular number is 'x' and the tens place is 'y';the number may be written as
10y+x.
Now given that
10y+x=2xy
Solving for unknowns:
x=6 and y=3
So the number is 36.