In the two-digit integers 3◼︎ and 2▲ DS08231

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GMAT DS08231

In the two-digit integers 3◼︎ and 2▲, the symbols ◼︎ and ▲ represent different digits, and the product
(3◼︎)(2▲) is equal to 864. What digit does ◼︎ represent?

(1) The sum of ◼︎ and ▲ is 10.
(2) The product of ◼︎ and ▲ is 24.

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Thanks Avi for this extremely tough question! I could not solve on my own and was thinking whether the question itself is wrong or whether both the options are wrong, as I was unable to think anything other than 32 and 27 as factors of 864. Thanks for letting me know of the other possibilities and the way to find them.

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Thank you Avi for all of your videos!
There is much easier way to find an answer for this particular task:
Lets represent (3◼︎)(2▲) = 864 as (30+◼︎)(20+▲) = 864
It might looks complicated with those figures, but it's a simple equation with two unknowns.
Thus either option we use: ◼︎ + ▲ = 10 or ◼︎ + ▲ = 24 - we have two equations with two unknowns, which are solvable.
So the answer that either option alone is sufficient :) Am I right?

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