SOLUTION: The units digit of two-digit number exceeds the tens digit by 2. Find the number if it is four times the sum of its digits.

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Question 1157360: The units digit of two-digit number exceeds the tens digit by 2. Find the number if it is four times the sum of its digits.
Answer by VFBundy(438) About Me  (Show Source):
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Tens digit = t
Units digit = t + 2

10t + (t + 2) = 4(t + (t + 2))

10t + t + 2 = 4(t + t + 2)

11t + 2 = 4(2t + 2)

11t + 2 = 8t + 8

3t = 6

t = 2

Tens digit = t = 2
Units digit = t + 2 = 2 + 2 = 4

The number is 24.