SOLUTION: Hershey has 202 pesos in 5 pesos,1 peso and 10 pesos. She has three times as many as 1 peso as 5 pesos and 5 more 10 pesos than 1 peso. How many coins of each kind has she?

Question 176135: Hershey has 202 pesos in 5 pesos,1 peso and 10 pesos. She has three times as many as 1 peso as 5 pesos and 5 more 10 pesos than 1 peso. How many coins of each kind has she?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let O be the number of one peso coins.
Let F be the number of five peso coins.
Let T be the number of ten peso coins.
"Hershey has 202 pesos"
1.
"three times as many as 1 peso as 5 pesos"
2.
"5 more 10 pesos than 1 peso"
3.
or using eq. 2,
3.
Use 2 and 3 and substitute into 1 and solve for F.
1.

From 2,
2.

From 3,
3.

Hershey has 12 ones, 4 fives, and 17 tens.
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