SOLUTION: Jimmy has coins in his pocket consisting of nickels and dimes. If he has 6 more nickels than dimes and the value of the coins is $1.05, how many nickels does he have?

Question 339460: Jimmy has coins in his pocket consisting of nickels and dimes. If he has 6 more nickels than dimes and the value of the coins is $1.05, how many nickels does he have?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Substituting eq. 1 into eq. 2,

Then from eq. 1,

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Jimmy has 5 dimes and 11 nickels.

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