...from the first number the new number is 4 more than 5 times the sum of the digit in the first number. Find the number?
Responses (2)
This is about a set of simultaneous equations.
1st digit := a
2nd digit := b
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1. The sum of a two digit number and a number formed by interchanging the digits is 110:
10a + b + 10b + a = 110 ;; simplify
11a + 11b = 110
1) a + b = 10. (First equation)
2. If 10 is subtracted from the first number, then the new number is 4 more than 5 times the sum of the digits in the first number:
10a + b - 10 = 5 (a + b) + 4 ;; simplify
10a + b - 10 = 5a + 5b + 4
2) 5a - 4b = 14. (Second equation)
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Solve the system of equations:
1) a + b = 10 ;; times 5
1a) 5a + 5b = 50
2) 5a - 4b = 14 ;; 1a) - 2) subtract eqn 2 from eqn 1
5a - 5a + 5b - (-4b) = 50 - 14
9b = 36
b = 4.
And, as a + b = 10 it follows
a = 6.
Check the results::
64 + 46 = 110
and
64 - 10 = 30 + 20 + 4
54 = 54.
That's it.