SOLUTION: the digit in the tens place of a two digit number is three times that in the units place.if the digits are reversed the new number will be 36 less than the original number. find th
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Question 464744: the digit in the tens place of a two digit number is three times that in the units place.if the digits are reversed the new number will be 36 less than the original number. find the original number. Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! let the ten's digit be x
units digit be y
x=3y
x-3y=0.....................1
10y+x=10x+y+36
9y-9x=36
/9
y-x=4......................2
add (1) & (2)
-2y=4
y=-2
x=3y
x=-6
The number is -62
