SOLUTION: Marcus has a 77 coins, consisting of nickels and dimes, worth $6.10 How many of each kind does he have?
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Question 726766: Marcus has a 77 coins, consisting of nickels and dimes, worth $6.10 How many of each kind does he have?
Answer by tanjo3(60) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let x be the number of nickels.
Then (77-x) is the number of dimes.
∴ Marcus has 32 nickels and (77-32=45) dimes.
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