SOLUTION: How do you write an equation for this problem. Jung has a total of 92 coins in his coin collection. This is 8 more than three times the number of quarters in the collection. How ma

Question 1053272: How do you write an equation for this problem. Jung has a total of 92 coins in his coin collection. This is 8 more than three times the number of quarters in the collection. How many quarters does Jung have in his collection?
Found 2 solutions by addingup, Theo:
Answer by addingup(3677) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
3q+8 = 92
3q = 84
q = 84/3 = 28 quarters in his collection
Answer by Theo(13342) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let 92 = total number of coins.
let q = total number of quarters.
you are given that 92 = 3 * q + 8
subtract 8 from this equation to get 84 = 3 * q.
divide both sides of this equation by 3 to get q = 28.
8 more than 3 * 28 is equal to 92.

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