SOLUTION: Jess has 3 more nickels than dimes for a total of $1.50. How many of each coin did he have?
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: Jess has 3 more nickels than dimes for a total of $1.50. How many of each coin did he have?
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Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Jess has 3 more nickels than dimes for a total of $1.50. How many of each coin did he have?
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Quantity Eq: n = d + 3
Value Eq: 5n + 10d = 150 cents
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Substitute to solve for "d":
5(d+3)+10d = 150
15d + 15 = 150
15d = 135
d = 9 (# of dimes)
n = d+3 = 9+3 = 12 (# of nickels)
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Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Suppose he had all nickels. That would be
nickels
Suppose I change of those nickels
for dimes. I have
or dimes
and
or nickels
Now I'll change nickels into dimes:
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18 nickels
6 dimes
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16 nickels
7 dimes
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14 nickels
8 dimes
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12 nickels
9 dimes
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Answer by MathTherapy(10555) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Jess has 3 more nickels than dimes for a total of $1.50. How many of each coin did he have?
Let the amount of dimes be D
Since he has 3 more nickels than dimes, then he has (D + 3) nickels
Since the coins total $1.50, then we have:
.1D + .05(D + 3) = 1.5
.1D + .05D + .15 = 1.5
.15D = 1.35
dimes
Since he has 3 more nickels than dimes, then he has 9 + 3, or nickels
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