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question: a change purse contains 14 coins consisting of nickels and dimes and having a total value of $1.10. how many nickels are in
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question: a change purse contains 14 coins consisting of nickels and dimes and having a total value of $1.10. how many nickels are in the change purse?
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Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
question: a change purse contains 14 coins consisting of nickels and dimes and having a total value of $1.10. how many nickels are in the change purse?
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Let the number of nickels be "x"; value of these is 5x cents
the number of dimes is "14-x" ; value of these is 10(14-x)=140-10x cents
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EQUATION:
value + value = 110 cents
5x + 140-10x = 110
-5x = -30
x= 6 (number of nickels)
14-x= 8 (number of dimes)
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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