SOLUTION: A person has quarters and dimes that total $2.80. The number of dimes is 7 more than the number of quarters. How many of each coin does the person have?
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Question 1048612: A person has quarters and dimes that total $2.80. The number of dimes is 7 more than the number of quarters. How many of each coin does the person have?
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let 
represent the number of quarters. Then 
must be the number of dimes. There are 
cents in quarters. There are )
cents in 
dimes. $2.80 is 280 cents.
\ =\ 280)
Solve for then calculate
John
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