Given:
The tens digit of a two digit number is 5 greater the units digit.
If you subtract double the reversed number from it, the result is a fourth of the original number.
To find:
The original number.
Solution:
Let n be the two digit number and x be the unit digit. Then tens digit is (x+5) and the original number is:
Reversed number is:
If you subtract double the reversed number from it, the result is a fourth of the original number.
Multiply both sides by 4.
Divide both sides by 55.
The unit digit is 2. So, the tens digit is 
.
Therefore, the original number is 72.
The answer is 130 tablespoons
Answer: 912
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Work Shown:
The starting term is a1 = 3. The common difference is d = 5 (since we add 5 to each term to get the next term). The nth term formula is
an = a1+d(n-1)
an = 3+5(n-1)
an = 3+5n-5
an = 5n-2
Plug n = 19 into the formula to find the 19th term
an = 5n-2
a19 = 5*19-2
a19 = 95-2
a19 = 93
Add the first and nineteenth terms (a1 = 3 and a19 = 93) to get a1+a19 = 3+93 = 96
Multiply this by n/2 = 19/2 = 9.5 to get the final answer
96*9.5 = 912
I used the formula
Sn = (n/2)*(a1 + an)
where you add the first term (a1) to the nth term (an), then multiply by n/2
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As a check, here are the 19 terms listed out and added up. We get 912 like expected.
3+8+13+18 +23+28+33+38 +43+48+53+58 +63+68+73+78 +83+88+93 = 912
There are 19 values being added up in that equation above. I used spaces to help group the values (groups of four; except the last group which is 3 values) so it's a bit more readable.
Just break it down into simple numbers
Y=9.25 because 5x0.3=1.5 you move constents to the right hand side and it becomes -1.5 then you do the rest and the answers is 9.25
