SOLUTION: If I have a dollar ninety five made of quarters and nickels and only have 15 coins how many quarters do I have?

Question 718947: If I have a dollar ninety five made of quarters and nickels and only have 15 coins how many quarters do I have?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39625) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
q for quarters n for nickels

q+n=15 and 0.25q+0.05n=1.95. Divide this second equation by 5 and then multiply by 100 to have 5q+n=39.

Your system to solve can be:

Solve for q and n.

Answer: 7 quarters and 8 nickels.
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