Problema Solution
A two digit number in base ten is five times the sum of the digits. it is nine less than the number formed by interchanging the digits. what is the number?
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Let unit digit=y and tens digit=x
So, two digit number = 10x+y
From first statement two digit number is five times the sum of digits.
10x+y=5(x+y)
10x+y=5x+5y
5x-4y=0---------equation 1
After interchanging the digits we have new number as 10y+x.
So, 10x+y=10y+x-9
9x-9y=-9
x-y=-1---------------equation 2.
x=y-1
Plugging x=y-1 in first equation.
5(y-1)-4y=0
5y-5-4y=0
y=5
So, x=y-1=5-1=4
Number= 10x+y=10*4+5=45