SOLUTION: I have 92 coins. This is 8 more than 3 times dimes how many dimes do I have

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Question 685177: I have 92 coins. This is 8 more than 3 times dimes how many dimes do I have
Answer by finly36(7)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
first take away 8
we get 84. then divide by 3 and we get 28.
this is our awnser
we can prove this by multiplying by 3
and adding 8 to get 92
so we have 28 dimes

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