SOLUTION: A girl has a collection of dimes and quarters. She has 4 times as many quarters as dimes. If the total value of her collection is $2.20, how many dimes and how many quarters does s
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Question 1109937: A girl has a collection of dimes and quarters. She has 4 times as many quarters as dimes. If the total value of her collection is $2.20, how many dimes and how many quarters does she have
Found 2 solutions by jorel1380, ikleyn:
Answer by jorel1380(3719) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let d be dimes. Then quarters are 4d. So:
10d+25(4d)=220
110d=220
d=2
4d=8
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Answer by ikleyn(52814) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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HINT. If she put her coins in two sets, 4 quarters and 1 dime in each set, then each set is worth $1.10.
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