SOLUTION: A child has 40 coins worth more than $6.00. If the coins are dimes and quarters only, what can you conclude about the number of quarters?
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Question 358695: A child has 40 coins worth more than $6.00. If the coins are dimes and quarters only, what can you conclude about the number of quarters?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
1.
2.
From eq. 1,
Substitute into eq. 2,
There are at least 14 quarters in the collection.
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