SOLUTION: Jim needed to do laundry and had a total of $5.15 in his coin jar. The only problem was that the laundromat only accepted quarters. He had quarters and dimes in the jar. Jim had 8

Question 1048326: Jim needed to do laundry and had a total of $5.15 in his coin jar. The only problem was that the laundromat only accepted quarters. He had quarters and dimes in the jar. Jim had 8 less dimes than he had quarters, so he must have had ? Quarters and ? Dimes
Answer by josgarithmetic(39625) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Goal first is find the combination of coins Jim has.

Multiply the money count by 20, on both MEMBERS and substitute for d.
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