SOLUTION: Your piggy bank has 50 coins worth a total of $4.55. The coins are only nickels and dimes. How many coins are nickels, how many are dimes?

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Question 1103161: Your piggy bank has 50 coins worth a total of $4.55. The coins are only nickels and dimes.
How many coins are nickels, how many are dimes?

Answer by Fombitz(32388)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Subtract eq. 1 from eq. 2,


Solve for D then use either equation to solve for N.

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