SOLUTION: Please help me put this into an equation. A man has $.70 in dimes and nickels. He has 8 coins together. How many nickels does he have? I know the answer is 2 by trial and error but
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Question 30712: Please help me put this into an equation. A man has $.70 in dimes and nickels. He has 8 coins together. How many nickels does he have? I know the answer is 2 by trial and error but I don't know the equation.
Found 2 solutions by Paul, checkley71:
Answer by Paul(988) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let the dimes be x
Let the nickels be y
x+y=8
y=8-x (subsitution)
DDime value x 100 = 10
Nickel value x 100 = 5
TOtal value x 100 = 70
Equation:
10x+5y=70
10x+5(8-x)=70
10x-5x=70-40
5x=30
x=6
y=8-6
y=2
Hence, there are 6 dimes and 2 nickels.
Paul.
Answer by checkley71(8403) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
5X+10(8-X)=70 OR 5X+80-10X=70 OR -5X=110 OR 5X=10 OR X=10/5 OR X=2 NICKELS
PROOF 5(2)+10(8-2)=70 OR 10+10(6)=70 OR 10+60=70
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