SOLUTION: Beth has only quarters, dimes, and nickels in her piggy bank. She has twice as many dimes as quarters and has 10 more nickels than quarters. She know that she has total $10. How ma

Question 1168697: Beth has only quarters, dimes, and nickels in her piggy bank. She has twice as many dimes as quarters and has 10 more nickels than quarters. She know that she has total $10. How many coins of each kind are there?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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only quarters, dimes, and nickels in her piggy bank. She has twice as many dimes as quarters and has 10 more nickels than quarters.
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quarters          q
dimes            2q
nickels           q+10

The way the problem is described suggests you can easily write ONE equation in ONE variable.

Simplify and solve.
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