SOLUTION: You have a jar of nickles and dimes. You want to choose 18 coins that are worth exactly 1.55 Write and solve system of equation that models the situation

Question 965081: You have a jar of nickles and dimes. You want to choose 18 coins that are worth exactly 1.55

Write and solve system of equation that models the situation
Answer by benni1013(206) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
What do we know? We know that we are picking a total of eighteen coins. We also know that a nickel has the value of .05 and dimes have a value of .10. Letting x=nickels and y=dimes we can create our two equations. x+y= 18 and .05x+.10y=1.55. This is the writing part go ahead try the solving part yourself. Thanks!
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