SOLUTION: I am a four-digit number. My ones digit is 1. My thousands digit is five times my ones digit. My tens and hundreds digits are the same. The sum of my digits is 10. What number am i

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Question 628806: I am a four-digit number. My ones digit is 1. My thousands digit is five times my ones digit. My tens and hundreds digits are the same. The sum of my digits is 10. What number am i
Answer by vleith(2983) About Me  (Show Source):
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The number has the form abcd.
You are told d = 1 and a = 5*d = 5
So far we have 5bc1
You are told b=c. So now we have
5bb1
Finally you are told the sum of the digits is 10
So
5%2B+2b+%2B+1+=+10
6+%2B+2b+=+10
2b+=+10-6
2b+=+4
b+=+2
The number is
5221