A two-digit number is 4 times the sum of its digits and twice the product of the digits. Find the number.
Let the digits at units and tens place of the given number be $x$ and $y$ respectively. Thus, the number is $10 y+x$.
The number is 4 times the sum of the two digits. Thus, we have
$10 y+x=4(x+y)$
$\Rightarrow 10 y+x=4 x+4 y$
$\Rightarrow 4 x+4 y-10 y-x=0$
$\Rightarrow 3 x-6 y=0$
$\Rightarrow 3(x-2 y)=0$
$\Rightarrow x-2 y=0$
$\Rightarrow x=2 y$
After interchanging the digits, the number becomes $10 x+y$.
The number is twice the product of the digits. Thus, we have $10 y+x=2 x y$
So, we have the systems of equations
$x=2 y$
$10 y+x=2 x y$
Here $x$ and $y$ are unknowns. We have to solve the above systems of equations for $x$ and $y$.
Substituting $x=2 y$ in the second equation, we get
$10 y+2 y=2 \times 2 y \times y$
$\Rightarrow 12 y=4 y^{2}$
$\Rightarrow 4 y^{2}-12 y=0$
$\Rightarrow 4 y(y-3)=0$
$\Rightarrow y(y-3)=0$
$\Rightarrow y=0$ Or $y=3$
Substituting the value of y in the first equation, we have
Hence, the number is $10 \times 3+6=36$.
Note that the first pair of solution does not give a two digit number.
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