SOLUTION: A man has twenty coins consisting of dimes and quarters. If the dimes were quarters and the quarters were dimes, he would have ninety cents more than he has now. How many dimes and
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: A man has twenty coins consisting of dimes and quarters. If the dimes were quarters and the quarters were dimes, he would have ninety cents more than he has now. How many dimes and quarters does he have?
This question is from textbook Introductory and Intermediate Algebra
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = actual number of dimes
Let = actual number of quatrers
The amount of money he actually has is
The problem says
and from above
He has 13 dimes and 7 quarters
check:
OK
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