SOLUTION: Jasmine has all nickels (x) and dimes (y) in her coin jar. If she has 36 coins in all, and four more dimes than nickels. find how much money she has in her coin jar
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Question 996401: Jasmine has all nickels (x) and dimes (y) in her coin jar. If she has 36 coins in all, and four more dimes than nickels. find how much money she has in her coin jar
Answer by addingup(3677) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
She has 4 more dimes than nikels:
y= x+4 Let's use this value for y in the next equation:
x+x+4= 36
2x= 36
x= 18 She has 18 nickels and 36-18= 18 dimes
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