SOLUTION: 2- A girl has twice as many dimes as nickels. IF she has a total of $0.75, how many of each of the coins does she have?

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Question 721437: 2- A girl has twice as many dimes as nickels. IF she has a total of $0.75, how many of each of the coins does she have?
Answer by rfer(16322)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x=nickels
2x=dimes
3x=0.75
x=0.75/3
x=0.25
2x=0.50

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