SOLUTION: A woman has $1.70 in dimes and nickels. She has 10 more nickels than dimes. How many dimes does she have?
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Question 360013: A woman has $1.70 in dimes and nickels. She has 10 more nickels than dimes. How many dimes does she have?
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let dimes be x
nickels will be x+10
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value 170 cents
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10x+5(x+10)=170
10x+5x+50=170
15x=120
/15
x= 8 dimes
nickels = 18
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8*10+18*5=170
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