SOLUTION: Kendra has $8.50 in dimes and quarters. If she has 3 times as many quarters as dimes, how many of each coin does she have?
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Question 910427: Kendra has $8.50 in dimes and quarters. If she has 3 times as many quarters as dimes, how many of each coin does she have?
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x number of Dimes
CENTS makes sense
25(3x) + 10x = 850
85x = 850
x = 10, number of Dimes. 30 Quarters
and..checking
750 + 100 = 850 0r $8.50
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