Number System
The difference between a two-digit number and the number obtained by interchanging the digits is 36. What is the difference of the two digits of the number ?
Let the digits be x and yTherefore, x + y = 12 .............(1)(10y + x) - (10x + y) Therefore, y - x = 4............. (2)Solving (1) and (2), y = 8 Therefore, x = 4There are two possible numbers 48 and 84. So the lowest no. is 48.
Since the number is greater than the number obtained on reversing the digits, so the ten's digit is greater than the unit's digit.Let the ten's and unit's digits be 2x and x respectively.Then, (10 * 2x + x) - (10x + 2x) = 369x = 36x = 4Required difference = (2x + x) - (2x - x) = 2x = 8.
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