SOLUTION: You have a pile of coins. If you had one more penny, the number of pennies would be half the number of nickels. There is just 1 more nickel than dimes. If you had 3 more quarters t

Question 802580: You have a pile of coins. If you had one more penny, the number of pennies would be half the number of nickels. There is just 1 more nickel than dimes. If you had 3 more quarters there would be as many quarters as all other coins combined. The value of the coins is $8. How many dimes?

This is all I got out of this: 1/2N=P+1, N=2P+1, D=N-1, N=D+1, D+N+P=Q+3
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4) ( in cents )
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I can get (4) in terms of just nickels
(1)
and
(2)
and
(3)
(3)
(3)
and
(4)
(4)
(4)
Multiply both sides by
(4)
(4)
(4)
(4)
and
(2)
(2)
(2)
There are 11 dimes
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check:
(1)
(1)
(1)
and
(3)
(3)
(3)
and
(4)
(4)
(4)
(4)
OK

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