SOLUTION: I am a two digit number. The sum of my digits is 16. My tens digit is greater than my ones digit. What number am I?

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Question 893771: I am a two digit number. The sum of my digits is 16. My tens digit is greater than my ones digit. What number am I?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) About Me  (Show Source):
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Two-digit number, t%2A10%2Bu;
t%2Bu=16; t%3Eu.

t=16-u;
16-u%3Eu
16%3Eu%2Bu
16%3E2u
8%3Eu.

8 and 8 will not work.
You want u%3C8.

If u=7, then t=16-7=9.