SOLUTION: Art realized that he had 2 more quarters than he had originally thought in his pocket. If all of the change in his pocket is quarters and it totals to $8.75, how many quarters did

Question 11357: Art realized that he had 2 more quarters than he had originally thought in his pocket. If all of the change in his pocket is quarters and it totals to $8.75, how many quarters did he originally think were in his pocket?
Answer by askmemath(368) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Art had $8.75 or 875 cents in his pocket
This amount was in quarters
So,number of quarters = 875/25 = 35
From this Art thought he had 2 more than he orginally thought so he thought he had 35-2 = 33 .
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