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What two-digit integer is six times the sum of its digits?
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What two-digit integer is six times the sum of its digits?
Solve this by setting up the equation:

10a + b = 6(a+b)

where a and b are the number's two digits.

There's only a limited number of integral solutions, and you'll (probably) find that only one of those has both a and b in single digits.

Give it a play, see what happens.
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What two-digit integer is six times the sum of its digits?
If xy is the two digit number and x+y is the sum of the digits:

10x+y = (x+y)6
10x + y = 6x +6y
4x = 5y

Only two numbers satisify that
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