SOLUTION: HOw many dimes & nickles make 3.60

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Question 327184: HOw many dimes & nickles make 3.60
Found 2 solutions by Fombitz, Alan3354:
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
There are multiple answers to that question.
Such as 35 dimes and 2 nickels or 1 dime and 70 nickels.
You need another piece of information relating the dimes and nickels to pin down the answer.

Answer by Alan3354(69443) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
36 dimes & 0 nickels
35 dimes & 2 nickels
34 dimes & 4 nickels
etc.
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d dimes + ((360 - 10d)/5) nickels, 0<=d<=36