SOLUTION: Gaby's piggy bank contains dimes and nickels worth $4.65. If she has 69 coins total, how many of each does she have?
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Question 904525: Gaby's piggy bank contains dimes and nickels worth $4.65. If she has 69 coins total, how many of each does she have?
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x the number of dimes
CENTS makes sense
10x + 5(69-x) = 465
5x = 120
x = 24, the number of dimes. there were 45 Nickels
And checking...
240 + 225 = 465 0r $4.65
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