The sum of the digits of a two-digit number is 8. When 36 is subtracted from this number, its digits are reversed. Find the original number
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x+y=8
36+y=8
y=28 Is the answer
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Let x be the first digit and y be the 2nd.
x + y = 8, right?
Now, in a two-digit number, the first digit is that digit times 10. 25 = 10(2) + 5, for example.
10y + x = 10x + y + 36. Make sense? Using algebra, we turn that into 9y - 9x = 36. We can divide all of that by 9 to get y - x = 4
x + y = 8
y - x = 4
Now, let's solve the first equation for x.
x = 8 - y
Now, we take the new "value" for x and plug it in the 2nd equation.
y - (8 - y) = 4
y - 8 + y = 4
2y = 12
y = 6
Now, we can plug 6 in for y.
x = 8 - 6
x = 2
Let's check.
2 + 6 = 8
8 = 8. Check.
62 = 26 + 36
62 = 62. Check.
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