SOLUTION: I have a word problem that has been driving me crazy all night. I believe I have my setups, but I'm not sure. A number between 300 and 400 is forty times the sum of its digits.

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Question 172704: I have a word problem that has been driving me crazy all night. I believe I have my setups, but I'm not sure. A number between 300 and 400 is forty times the sum of its digits. The tens digit is 6 more than the units digit. Find the number. Here is my setups: 300 + 10t + u = 40 (h + t + u), t = u + 6. Somewhere in figuring I get lost. Thanks for any help you can give.
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Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
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A number between 300 and 400 is forty times the sum of its digits. The tens digit is 6 more than the units digit. Find the number.
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The number must look like 3tu where t is the tensdigit and u is the units digit.
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Equations:
300 + 10t + u = 40(3+t+u)
t = u + 6
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Simplify the first equation:
10t + u = -300 +120 + 40t + 40u
-30t -39u = -180
10t + 13u = 60
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Substitute t = u+6 to solvefor "u":
10(u+6) +13u = 60
10u + 60 + 13u = 60
3u =0
u = 0
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Therefore t = 0+6 = 6
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Number: 360
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Cheers,
Stan H.

Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source):
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Your setup is just right, except for one small detail. As you have constructed your equations, you have two equations in three variables and such a system never has a unique solution. What you may have missed is that the number must be between 300 and 400, so the hundreds digit is either 3 or 4. If the hundreds digit is 4, then the number must be 400, but . That means that the hundreds digit must be 3.

Now you can write your equations:

and

Now if you simplify and put the equations in standard form, you should have a fairly straightforward system to solve.

Write back if you need more help on this.