Is there a two digit number , where at least or is positive, such that if you reverse its digits it will equal the same number multiplied by 2?
For example, this doesn't work for as .
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Assume that there is at least one two digit number a b such that b a = 2 a b .
It follows that 1 0 b + a = 2 0 a + 2 b and therefore a = 1 9 8 b .
One trivial solution is b = 0 also making a = 0 which we can't count as a solution as at least one of the two digits must be positive.
We will have infinitely many integer solutions for a as long as b is a multiple of 1 9 . However we previously stated that b is a digit and thus cannot equal 1 9 or any of its multiples. We have reached a contradiction and therefore there is no two digit number a b such that b a = 2 a b and at least one of either a or b are positive.