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I'm a two-digit number. My digits add up to 9, and if you reverse me I get 27 bigger. What am I?

Hint: Try numbers whose digits sum to 9.

Answer

36.

36 reversed is 63, and 63 − 36 = 27. Its digits add up to 3 + 6 = 9.

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