Problema Solution

The digits of a four place number are such that the hundred's digit is one more than four times the ten's digit; the ten's digit is half of the thousand's digit; and the one's digit is two less than the thousand's digit. If the thousand's and hundred's digits are interchanged, the resulting number is 2700 more than the original. What is the number?

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let


a3 = bet the thousand's digit

a2 = bet the hundred's digit

a1 = bet the ten's digit

a0 = bet the one's digit


thus the original number can be written as a3*10^3 + a2*10^2 + a1*10 + a0


the hundred's digit is one more than four times the ten's digit


a2 = 1 + 4a1


the ten's digit is half of the thousand's digit


a1 = a3/2


and the one's digit is two less than the thousand's digit


a0 = a3 - 2


if the thousand's and hundred's digits are interchanged, the resulting number is 2700 more than the original


a2*10^3 + a3*10^2 + a1*10 + a0 = 2700 + a3*10^3 + a2*10^2 + a1*10 + a0


a2*10^3 + a3*10^2 = 2700 + a3*10^3 + a2*10^2


900(a2 - a3) = 2700


a2 - a3 = 3


by solving the system of equations


a2=1+4*a1

a1=a3/2

a0=a3-2

a2-a3=3


we have


a2 = 1 + 4a1


a1 = a3/2 => a3 = 2a1


a0 = a3 - 2 => a0 = 2a1 - 2


a2 - a3 = 3 => 1 + 4a1 - 2a1 = 3 => a1 = 1


a1 = 1


a2 = 1 +4a1 = 1 + 4 = 5


a2 = 5


a3 = 2a1 = 2


a3 = 2


a0 = 2a1 - 2 = 0


a0 = 0


2*10^2 + 5*10^2 + 1*10 + 0 = 2510


indeed 5210 = 2510 + 2700


the original number is 2510.