SOLUTION: dan has 10% as many quarters as nickels ia a jar. The total amount in the jar is $5.25. How may nickels does dan have?

Question 285557: dan has 10% as many quarters as nickels ia a jar. The total amount in the jar is $5.25. How may nickels does dan have?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = number in nickels in jar
Let = number of quarters in jar
given:

( in cents)
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This is 2 equations and 2 unknowns, so it's solvable
By substitutiuon:

He has 70 nickels
check:

and

OK
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