SOLUTION: The sum of the digit of a certain two digit number is 7. Reversing its digits increases the number by 9. What is the number?

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Question 1003111: The sum of the digit of a certain two digit number is 7. Reversing its digits increases the number by 9. What is the number?
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The difference when reversing the digits of any two digit number is always a multiple of 9. So the difference is a number of the form 9x and x is the difference between the two digits. So you need to find two single digit numbers that have a sum of 7 and a difference of 1, and then your number will be formed by the smaller of these two numbers followed by the larger.

John

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