SOLUTION: the sum of the digits of a two digit number is 11. The value of the number is eight more than 10 times the tens digit. find the number

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Question 533762: the sum of the digits of a two digit number is 11. The value of the number is eight more than 10 times the tens digit. find the number
Answer by boilpoil(127) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let the tens digit number be x
Then the unit digit number be 11-x --- The sum is 11, if a number is x, then the next number would be the sum subtracted by the first number

10x+11-x=10x+8
-x=-3
x=3

Value of the units digit
11-3
=8

The number is 38.