SOLUTION: A box contains $7.25 in nickels,dimes and quarters. There are 43 coins and the number of quarters is 1 more than three times the number of nickels. Find the number of quarters in t
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Question 983212: A box contains $7.25 in nickels,dimes and quarters. There are 43 coins and the number of quarters is 1 more than three times the number of nickels. Find the number of quarters in the box
Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
p n d q for the counts of each coin
Note that if no pennies, but only nickels, dimes, and quarters, then
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Note that if only nickels, dimes, quarters, then NO pennies.
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, part of the description. Substitute into the other two simplified equations to eliminate this one variable, q.
Use Elimination Method as far as finding either n or d; quicker to eliminate d.
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-----------------Getting the other two should be no trouble.
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