SOLUTION: Alycia opens her piggy bank to find only nickels and quarters inside.she counts the coins and finds that she has 93 coins totaling $14.25.how many nickles were in the piggy bank a

Question 1048903: Alycia opens her piggy bank to find only nickels and quarters inside.she counts the coins and finds that she has 93 coins totaling $14.25.how many nickles were in the piggy bank and how many quarters were in there ?
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Alycia opens her piggy bank to find only nickels and quarters inside.she counts the coins and finds that she has 93 coins totaling $14.25.how many nickles were in the piggy bank and how many quarters were in there ?
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n + q = 93 coins
5n + 25q = 1425 cents
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Modify::
n + q = 93
n + 5q = 285
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Subtract and solve for "q":
4q = 192
q = 48 (# of quarters)
n = 93-48 = 45 (# of nickels)
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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