SOLUTION: Sierra has seventeen fewer dimes than quarters. Sierra has a total of twenty-seven
dimes and quarters. How many of each coin does she have?
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Question 323119: Sierra has seventeen fewer dimes than quarters. Sierra has a total of twenty-seven
dimes and quarters. How many of each coin does she have?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
= number of dimes
= number of quarters
given:
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By substitution:
and, since
She has 5 dimes and 22 quarters
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