When a certain three-digit number is divided by the number with digits reversed,  the quotient is 5 and the remainder is 101. The hundred’s digit is twice the ten’s  digit; when the units digit is subtracted from the tens digit, the result is 3/8 of the  hundred’s digit. Find the hundred’s digit. A. 8 C. 5 B. 4 D. 9

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When a certain three-digit number is divided by the number with digits reversed, 
the quotient is 5 and the remainder is 101. The hundred’s digit is twice the ten’s 
digit; when the units digit is subtracted from the tens digit, the result is 3/8 of the 
hundred’s digit. Find the hundred’s digit.

A. 8 C. 5
B. 4 D. 9

 
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