SOLUTION: eddie spills his cash register drawer on the floor and has to sweep up the coins. He has 680 coins, which are a mixture of pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters. There are 10 times

Question 257744: eddie spills his cash register drawer on the floor and has to sweep up the coins. He has 680 coins, which are a mixture of pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters. There are 10 times as many pennies as dimes, and half as many quarters as dimes. If he has $25.00, how many dimes are there?
Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
And you know all these facts about the coins because they got spilled on the floor? Right!
p+n+d+q=680
2q=d
10d=p
25q+10d+5n+p=2500
d = 36, n = 266, p = 360, q = 18
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