Question

Chen writes down a two digit number. He finds that if he swaps the digits of the number round, the new number he creates is three more than one third of the original number. What was the original number?

Answer 1

Your answer is 27.

Explanation:

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Answer 2

Answer: 27

Explanation:

Let original number be 27,

swapping round we get 72

1/3 rd of 72 = 24

24 + 3 = 27