SOLUTION: Jennifer has collected $4.50 in nickels and dimes. If she has 55 coins, how many of each kind of coin does she have? im confused i just cannot do word problems

Question 125399: Jennifer has collected $4.50 in nickels and dimes. If she has 55 coins, how many of each kind of coin does she have?
im confused i just cannot do word problems
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = number of nickels
Let = number of dimes

There are 20 nickels and 35 dimes
check:

OK
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