This is a popular type of problem that appeared in mathematics textbooks in the 1970s and 1980s. can you find the answer? the sum of the digits of a two-digit number is 6. if the digits are reversed, the difference between the new number and the original number is 18. find the original number.

A digit is a number in one of the places, so for example the number 54 has two digits; a tens place digit (5) and a ones place digit (4).

Say the mystery number is a two digit number = xy
* that's not x times y but two side by side digits.

Info given:
the sum of the digits of a two-digit number is 6
x + y = 6
if the digits are reversed, yx the difference between the new number and the original number is 18.

**To obtain the number from digits you must multiply by the place and add the digits up. (Example: 54 = 10(5) + 1(4))

Original number = 10x + y
Reversed/New number = 10y + x

Difference:
10y + x - (10x + y) = 18
9y - 9x = 18
9(y - x) = 18
y - x = 18/9
y - x = 2

Now we have two equations in two variables
y - x = 2
x + y = 6

Re-write one in terms of one variable for substitution.
y = 2 + x
sub in to the other equation to combine them.
x + (2 + x) = 6
2x + 2 = 6
2x = 6 - 2
2x = 4
x = 2

That's the tens digit for the original number. Plug this value into either of the equations to obtain y, the ones digit.

2 + y = 6
y = 4

number "xy" = 24

2x^2 -2x -12 = 02(x -3)(x +2) = 0see below for explanation

step-by-step explanation:

equation

you are asked to write the equation

  expression = 0

using the given expression. when you do that, you have

  2x^2-2x-12 = 0

factoring

you can see that each of the coefficients is even, so a factor of 2 can be removed immediately.

  2(x^2 -x -6) = 0

if you multiply the binomials (x+a)(x+b), you get

  (x +a)(x +b) = x^2 +(a+b)x +ab

this tells you the coefficient of x is the sum of two factors of the constant term. here, that means -1 is the sum of two factors of -6. we want to know those factors so we can factor the trinomial.

  -6 = -1×6 = -2×3 = -3×2 = -6×1

the factor pair that sums to -1 is {-3, 2}, so our factorization is

  2(x -3)(x +2) = 0

solutions

the solutions to this equation are the values of x that make the product zero. a product is zero only when only of the factors of the product is zero. here, that means

  x - 3 = 0

  x = 3 . . . add 3 to both sides of the equation

or

  x +2 = 0

  x = -2 . . . add -2 to both sides of the equation

the solutions to the equation are x=3 or x=-2. both of these values of x satisfy the equation—they make it be true.

Abit confused about what you mean, but i think you might be referring to slope intercept form: y = mx + bin that case b, or the y intercept is already given.(0,-1)find the slope by using the formulay2 - y1/x2 - x1the final slope will be 4/2, equivalent to 2.now your equation should look like thisy = 4/2x -1sorry if this didn’t you out!