SOLUTION: Fred has 5 times as many dimes as nickels in his piggy bank. He also has twice as many quarters as dimes. He has $9.15 in total a) Form an equation to model this situation b

Question 1106176: Fred has 5 times as many dimes as nickels in his piggy bank. He also has twice as many quarters as dimes. He has $9.15 in total
a) Form an equation to model this situation
b) Solve your equation to find how many coin of each type he has.

Found 3 solutions by Alan3354, josgarithmetic, ikleyn:
Answer by Alan3354(69443)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Fred has 5 times as many dimes as nickels in his piggy bank. He also has twice as many quarters as dimes. He has $9.15 in total
a) Form an equation to model this situation
I would use d for dimes, n for nickels and q for quarters.
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b) Solve your equation to find how many coin of each type he has.
What did you get?

Answer by josgarithmetic(39801)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
d dime, n nickels, q quarters

Simplify the cents equation and use the first two equations to form a single equation for the cents count equation all in one single variable d. Solve for d, first and use it to find the counts of n and q.
Answer by ikleyn(53765)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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The strategy is to choose a single major unknown variable;
        then to express all other variables via the major one;
        then to build an equation, and to solve it accurately.
The final step is to calculate all other unknowns, write the answer and to check it.

Let N be the number of nickels in the bank (MAJOR unknown variable). Then the number of dimes is 5N; the number of quarters is 2*dimes = 2*(5N) = 10N. The "value" equation is nickels + dimes + quarters = 915 cents, or 5N + 10*(5N) + 25*(10N) = 915, 5N + 50N + 250N = 915, 305N = 915 ====> N = = 3. Thus there are 3 nickels in the bank. Then the number of dimes is 5*3 = 15 and the number of quarters is 2*15 = 30. Check. 3*5 + 10*15 + 25*30 = 915 cents. ! Correct ! Answer. 3 nickels, 15 dimes and 30 quarters.

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