SOLUTION: Mark had 3 times as many quarters as nickels. He had $1.60 in all. How many nickels and how many quarters did Mark have?

Question 703238:

Mark had 3 times as many quarters as nickels. He had $1.60 in all.
How many nickels and how many quarters did Mark have?
Found 2 solutions by MathLover1, checkley79:
Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let quarters will be and nickels will be $
if Mark had times as many quarters as nickels, and if he had $ in all, than :

.....nickels
and quarters
Answer by checkley79(3341) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
.25*3X+.05X=1.60
.75X+.05X=1.60
.80X=1.60
X=1.60/.80
X=2 NICKELS.
3*2=6 QUARTERS.
PROOF:
.25*6+.05*2=1.60
1.50+.10=1.60
1.60=1.60
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