SOLUTION: Josh has a pocketful of dimes and nickles. His coins have a total value of $3.10. He has a total of 40 coins. Write a system of equations that can be used to find the number of dim
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Question 894168: Josh has a pocketful of dimes and nickles. His coins have a total value of $3.10. He has a total of 40 coins. Write a system of equations that can be used to find the number of dimes, d, and the number of nickles, n, josh has.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39621) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
n nickels and d dimes
and .
The money count equation can be simplified through division by 0.05:
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