SOLUTION: jon throws all his nickels and dimes into a jar...he has 42.35...if there were five times as many nickels as dimes...how many of each coin does he have?
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Question 227111: jon throws all his nickels and dimes into a jar...he has 42.35...if there were five times as many nickels as dimes...how many of each coin does he have?
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let 
represent the number of dimes. Then 
represents the number of nickels. Since each dime is worth $0.10, the value of all of the dimes is 
. Likewise, since nickels are worth $0.05, the value of all of the nickels is )
. These two values total to $42.35, so:
\ =\ 42.35)
Solve for to get the number of dimes. Multiply by 5 to get the number of nickels.
John
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