SOLUTION: jenna has a jar of coins filled with quarters and nickels. There are 32 fewer quarters as there are nickels.The value of the nickels is equal to the value of the quarters. How many
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Question 1026260: jenna has a jar of coins filled with quarters and nickels. There are 32 fewer quarters as there are nickels.The value of the nickels is equal to the value of the quarters. How many nickels are in the jar?'
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
jenna has a jar of coins filled with quarters and nickels.
There are 32 fewer quarters as there are nickels.
Nickels ----n quarters -----n-32
The value of the nickels is equal to the value of the quarters.
Value
5n =25(n-32)
5n = 25n -800
20n = 800
n = 40
40 nickels are in the jar
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