Question

Your high school is having a competition where students have to guess how many candy canes are in a jar.

The tens digit is 4 more than twice the ones digit. The sum of the digits is 4. How many candy canes are in
the jar? Find the tens digit (x) and the ones digit (y).
Ordered Pair O:

Answer 1

(4,0)

Explanation:

×=2y+4

×+y=4 -> x=4-y by subtracting y from both sides

2y+4=4-y

+y. +y

3y+4=4

-4 -4

3y=0

y=0/3

y=0

×=2(0)+4

×=0+4

×=4

(4,0)