SOLUTION: Betty has $20 in dimes, quarters, and half dollars. She has 110 coins in all. There are 2 less dimes than six times the number of half dollars. How many of each coin does she hav

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Question 549337: Betty has $20 in dimes, quarters, and half dollars. She has 110 coins in all. There are 2 less dimes than six times the number of half dollars. How many of each coin does she have?
Found 2 solutions by TutorDelphia, Edwin McCravy:
Answer by TutorDelphia(193)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
There's lots of info here, lets break it down into some different equations
Lets have
d=dimes
q=quarters
h=half dollars

We also know
d+q+h=110
And we have that 6*h-2=d
so
d=6*h-2

20=(6*h-2)*.10+.25q+.50h
20=.6h-.2+.25q*+.50h
20.2=1.1h+.25q

and
6*h-2+q+h=110
7h+q=112
So now we have two equations with two variables
20.2=1.1h+.25q
7h+q=112
Lets use substitution to solve
q=112-7h
20.2=1.1h+.25*(112-7h)
20.2=1.1h+28-1.75h
-7.80=-.65h
h=12
q=112-7h
q=112-7*12
q=28
d+q+h=110
d+28+12=110
d=70

Answer by Edwin McCravy(20060)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Betty has $20 in dimes, quarters, and half dollars.
10d + 25q + 50h = 2000

She has 110 coins in all.
d + q + h = 110

There are 2 less dimes than six times them number of half dollars.
d = 6h - 2

So we have this system of equations:

10d + 25q + 50h = 2000
d + q + h = 110
d = 6h - 2

Arrange them like this:

10d + 25q + 50h = 2000
  d +   q +   h =  110
  d       -  6h =   -2

Can you solve that system? If not post again asking how.

Solution:

d = 70, q = 28 and h = 12

So there are 70 dimes, 28 quarters and 12 half dollars.

Checking:

 70 dimes makes         $7
 28 quarters makes      $7
 12 half dollars makes  $6
--------------------------
110 coins makes        $20

Six times the number of half dollars = 6×12 = 72
2 less than 72 is 70 and that is the number of dimes.

Edwin

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