Question 659095: Kimberly has $1.95 in dimes and quarters. Find all possibilities for the number of each type of coin she could have.
Answer by colliefan(242)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Since 1.95 ends in a 5 cent increment, she has to have one quarter or three quarters or 5 quarters or 7 quarters. Eight quarters would be $2.00 and so too many. If she had an even number of quarters, you can't get a total ending in 5 cents. Then, just figure out how many dimes she would need to get to the total.
1 quarter plus 17 dimes
3 quarters plus 12 quarters
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