SOLUTION: Dan has twice as much money in nickels as he does in quarters. He has 33 coins in all. How much money does he have?
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Question 1005964: Dan has twice as much money in nickels as he does in quarters. He has 33 coins in all. How much money does he have?
Answer by fractalier(6550) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Call the numbers of nickels and quarters, n and q.
Then n + q = 33 and
5n = 2(25q) or 5n = 50q or n = 10q
Now plug that into the first equation and get
10q + q = 33
11q = 33
q = 3 = $.75
n = 30 = $1.50
Total = $2.25
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