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SAI International School
CLASS - VIII
Mathematics
CHAPTER-2: Linear Equation in one variableLesson Notes-4
SUBTOPICS : SOME MORE APPLICATIONS
General form a 2-digit number ‘ab’ is 10a + b
If the digits of the number is reversed like ‘ba’ then it becomes 10b+a
Example 1: The digits of a two-digit number differ by 3. If the digits are interchanged,
and the resulting number is added to the original number, we get 143. What can be the
original number?
Solution: Take, a two-digit number, say, 56. It can be written as 56= (10×5) + 6.
If the digits in 56 are interchanged, we get 65, which can be written as (10 × 6 ) + 5.
Let us take the two digit number such that the digit in the units place is b.
The digit in the tens place differs from b by 3. Let us take it as b + 3.
So the two-digit number is 10 (b + 3) + b = 10b + 30 + b = 11b + 30.
With interchange of digits, the resulting two-digit number will be 10b + (b + 3) = 11b +
3.
If we add these two two-digit numbers, their sum is
(11b + 30) + (11b + 3) = 11b + 11b + 30 + 3 = 22b + 33
It is given that the sum is 143.
Therefore, 22b + 33 = 143
or 22b = 143 – 33
or 22b = 110
or b = 110÷22
or b = 5
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