SOLUTION: A parking meter contains quarters and dollar coins. The total amount of money in the meter is $10.00. In addition, the number of dollar coins is one more than double the amount o

Question 1054285: A parking meter contains quarters and dollar coins. The total amount of money in the meter is $10.00. In addition, the number of dollar coins is one more than double the amount of quarters. How many dollar coins are there?
Found 3 solutions by addingup, ikleyn, MathTherapy:
Answer by addingup(3677)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
dollar coins: d
quarters: q
You can replace with x and y if you need to.
:
d = 2q+1 we'll use this value for d next
1d+0.25q = 10 1d is just d, so let's simplify
d+0.25d = 10
1.25d = 10
d = 8 You have 8 dollar coins and 10-8 = 2 and 2/0.25 = 8 you have 8 quarters
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d = 8
q = 8
Answer by ikleyn(52781)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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A parking meter contains quarters and dollar coins. The total amount of money in the meter is $10.00.
In addition, the number of dollar coins is one more than double the amount of quarters. How many dollar coins are there?
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quarters: q. They contribute 25q cents to the total. dollar coins: d = 2q+1. They contribute 100(2q+1) cents to the total. The "value" equation is 25q + 100(2q+1) = 1000. Simplify and solve for q: 25q + 200q + 100 = 1000, or 225q = 900 q = = 4. You have 4 quarter coins and 2*4 + 1 = 9 1-dollar coins.

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Answer by MathTherapy(10552)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A parking meter contains quarters and dollar coins. The total amount of money in the meter is $10.00. In addition, the number of dollar coins is one more than double the amount of quarters. How many dollar coins are there?

Did the problem state that the number of dollar-coins were the same as the number of quarters? I CANNOT see it!
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