SOLUTION: How do you write an algebraic equation for the sentence three times as many dimes as quarters? Would you use : x: # of dimes Y: # of quarters 3x=y or 3y=x?

SOLUTION: How do you write an algebraic equation for the sentence three times as many dimes as quarters? Would you use : x: # of dimes Y: # of quarters 3x=y or 3y=x?

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Question 565122: How do you write an algebraic equation for the sentence three times as many dimes as quarters? Would you use :
x: # of dimes
Y: # of quarters
3x=y
or
3y=x?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
How do you write an algebraic equation for the sentence three times as many dimes as quarters?
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Notice that there are more dimes then quarters.
So d = 3q
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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