SOLUTION: The coins in the store's cash register total $4.00. The cash register contains only nickels, dimes, and quarters. There is an equal number of each coin. How many dimes are in the c

SOLUTION: The coins in the store's cash register total $4.00. The cash register contains only nickels, dimes, and quarters. There is an equal number of each coin. How many dimes are in the c

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Question 377520: The coins in the store's cash register total $4.00. The cash register contains only nickels, dimes, and quarters. There is an equal number of each coin. How many dimes are in the cash register?
Answer by edjones(8007) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let the number of each coin = x
.05x+.10x+.25x=4.00
.4x=4.00
x=10 dimes are in the cash register.
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Ed
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