SOLUTION: A childs piggy bank has 29 coins in quarters, dimes, and nickles. The number of nickels is two more than the number of quarters. the number of dimes is tree less than the number of

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Question 923977: A childs piggy bank has 29 coins in quarters, dimes, and nickles. The number of nickels is two more than the number of quarters. the number of dimes is tree less than the number of quarters. how many of each type of coin is in the piggy bank?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
q, d, n, for how many each coin.



Two equations are strictly in terms of q; so substituting them into the coin count equation gives an equation in the single variable, q. Solve that for q. Evaluate n and d.

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