SOLUTION: A jar contains quarters and dimes. It contains one more than five times as many quarters as dimes. The money in the jar totals $4.30, how many dimes and quarters are in the jar?

Question 333972: A jar contains quarters and dimes. It contains one more than five times as many quarters as dimes. The money in the jar totals $4.30, how many dimes and quarters are in the jar?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let D be the number of dimes, Q quarters.
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Substitute eq. 1 into eq. 2,

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Then from eq. 1,

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16 quarters and 3 dimes.

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