SOLUTION: There were 22 more nickles than dimes in the purse. If there were 30 coins total, how many nickles were there?
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Question 465698: There were 22 more nickles than dimes in the purse. If there were 30 coins total, how many nickles were there?
Answer by jorel1380(3719) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
n=d+22
d+d+22=30
2d=8
d=4
n=26
The purse had 26 nickels and 4 dimes..
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