SOLUTION: Olga has 5 times as many dimes as nickels. If she has $3.30, how man of each coin does she have?

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Question 425152: Olga has 5 times as many dimes as nickels. If she has $3.30, how man of each coin does she have?
Answer by josmiceli(19441)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = number of nickels she has
Let = number of dimes she has
given:

(in cents)
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Use substitution





and



She has 6 nickels and 30 dimes

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