SOLUTION: John has $73 in loonies and toonies. If he has 46 coins in total, how many of each coin does he have? Remember to define your variables and write a concluding statement.

Question 831777: John has $73 in loonies and toonies. If he has 46 coins in total, how many of each coin does he have? Remember to define your variables and write a concluding statement.

-it has to be an equation using x and y. Please help asap.
Answer by rothauserc(4718) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let x be the number of loonies and y be the number of toonies, then
x +y = 46 and
YOU must state what a loony is worth and what a toony is worth, then
x(0.xx) +y(0.yy) = 73.00
once you have this, you can solve first equation for x
x = (y -46)
then substitute for x in second equation
(y-46)(0.xx) +y(0.yy) = 73.00
you can solve this equation for y and then
using first equation you can solve for x

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