SOLUTION: A box contains two equal sums of money, one sum in dimes and the other in quarters. If there are 70 coins in all, how much money is in the box?
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Question 521936: A box contains two equal sums of money, one sum in dimes and the other in quarters. If there are 70 coins in all, how much money is in the box?
Answer by edjones(8007) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
.1d=.25q
d+q=70
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d=70-q
.1(70-q)=.25q
7-.1q=.25q
7=.35q
q=20
d=50
$10.00 is in the box.
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Ed
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