Question

The number 35 has the property that when its digits are both increased by 2, and

Answer 1

Answer: The sum is 127

Step-by-step explanation:

A 2-digit number N = ab can be written as (where a and b are single-digit numbers)

a*10 + b.

Now, we want that:

(a + 2)*(b + 2) = a*10 + b.

So we must find all the solutions to that equation such that a can not be zero (if a = 0, then the number is not a 2-digit number)

We have:

(a + 2)*(b + 2) = a*b + 2*a + 2*b + 4 = a*10 + b

a*b + 2*b - b + 4 = a*10 - a*2

a*b + 4 + b = a*8

a*b + 4 + b - a*8 = 0.

Now we can give one of the variables different values, and see if the equation has solutions:

>a = 1:

1*b + 4 + b - 8 = 0

2*b - 4 = 0

b = 4/2 = 2

Then the number 12 has the property.

> if a = 2:

2*b + 4 + b -16 = 0

3b -12 = 0

b = 12/3 = 4

The number 24 has the property.

>a = 3 is already known, here the solution is 35.

>a = 4.

4*b + 4 + b - 8*4 = 0

5*b + 4 - 32 = 0

5*b = 28

b = 28/5

this is not an integer, so here we do not have a solution.

>if a = 5.

5*b + 4 + b - 8*5 = 0

6b + 4 - 40 = 0

6b - 36 = 0

b = 36/6 = 6

So the number 56 also has the property.

>if a = 6

6*b + 4 + b - 8*6 = 0

7b + 4 - 48 = 0

7b - 44 = 0

b = 44/7 this is not an integer, so here we do not have any solution.

>if a = 7

7*b + 4 + b -8*7 = 0

8b -52 = 0

b = 52/8 = 6.5 this is not an integer, so we here do not have a solution.

>if a = 8

8*b + 4 + b -8*8 = 0

9*b + 4 - 64 = 0

9*b = 60

b = 60/9 this is not an integer, so we here do not have any solution:

>if a = 9

9*b + 4 + b - 8*9 = 0

10b + 4 - 72 = 0

10b -68 = 0

b = 68/10 again, this is not an integer.

So the numbers with the property are:

12, 24, 35 and 56

And the sum is:

12 + 24 + 35 + 56 =  127