sum of a two digit number and the number obtained by reversing the order of it's digit is 121 if the digit difference by 3 ,find the number
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Step-by-step explanation:
Reversing the order of digits, we get 10*y + x. We know that the number plus the number obtained by reversing the digits is 121. Or 10x + y + 10y + x = 121. Multiplying this equation by 11, we get 11x - 11y = 33.
The number can be written in the form 10*x + y, where y is the unit digit and x is the 10’s digit.
For instance: 38 is 3*10 + 8, and x=3 and y=8.
Reversing the order of digits, we get 10*y + x.
We know that the number plus the number obtained by reversing the digits is 121.
Or 10x + y + 10y + x = 121.
Or 11x + 11y = 121
We also know that the digits differ by 3. So, x - y = 3 (It could also be y - x = 3)
Multiplying this equation by 11, we get 11x - 11y = 33.
Adding the two equations, we get:
11x + 11y + 11x - 11y = 121 + 33.
or 22x = 154 or x = 7 and therefore y = x -3 = 4.
Therefore the number is 74.
Remember that we could also have y -x =3, in which case the number is 47, which gives us the same result.