SOLUTION: jack has 60 coins consisting of nickels, dimes and quarters. He has 3 times as many dimes as nickels. Of the coins are worth a total of $8.50, write a system of equations to determ

Question 1100035: jack has 60 coins consisting of nickels, dimes and quarters. He has 3 times as many dimes as nickels. Of the coins are worth a total of $8.50, write a system of equations to determine how many of each coin jack has.
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Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
VARIABLES
n nickels
d dimes
q quarters

MAKE EQUATIONS ACCORDING TO DESCRIPTION
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SIMPLIFY SYSTEM OF EQUATIONS

Solve the system any way you want.

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-------ten nickels
------thirty dimes
------twenty quarters
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