SOLUTION: If I have $29.00 dollars total, and I have three times as many nickels as I have dimes, how many nickels do I have?

Question 988616: If I have $29.00 dollars total, and I have three times as many nickels as I have dimes, how many nickels do I have?
Answer by macston(5194) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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D=dimes; N=nickels=3D
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$0.10D+$0.05N=$29.00
$0.10D+$0.05(3D)=$29.00
$0.10D+$0.15D=$29.00
$0.25D=$29.00
D=116
N=3D=3(116)=348
ANSWER: You have 348 nickels.
CHECK:
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$0.10D+$0.05N=$29.00
$0.10(116)+$0.05(348)=$29.00
$11.60+$17.40=$29.00
$29.00=$29.00

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