A person has 2 bankers, each with 4 digit number The 1st number is 4 times the 2nd. The first number is the reverse of 2nd. what is the first number.
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1st number = 1000a+100b+10c+d; 2nd number = 1000d+100c+10b+a, reverse of 1st number.

1000a+100b+10c+d=4(1000d+100c+10b+a); 3999d+390c=60b+996a; 1333d+130c=20b+332a.

Units: (a,d)=(1,4), (2,8), (3,2), (4,6), (6,4), (7,8), (8,2), (9,6) so d must be one of 2, 4, 6, 8, and d≠0 and a≠5.

Which pair could satisfy 1333d+130c=20b+332a? Clearly a>3 (332a>996). 

a  d  332a 1333d 1333d-332a (=20b-130c=10(2b-13c))

4  6  1328  7998  6670

6  4  1992  5332  3340

7  8  2324 10664 8340

8  2  2656  2666      10

9  6  2988  7998  5010

From this table, 10(2b-13c)=10 is satisfied when b=7 and c=1, so a=8 and d=2.

The numbers are 8712 and 2178, so the first number is 8712.

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