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The coin box of the hospital's vending machine contains 6 times as many quarters as dimes. If the total amount of money at the end of the day was $28.80, how many of each coin was in the box?
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\n" ); document.write( "Let x = no. of dimes
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\n" ); document.write( "6x = no. of quarters.
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\n" ); document.write( ".10x + .25(6x) = 28.80
\n" ); document.write( ".10x + 1.5x = 28.80
\n" ); document.write( "1.6x = 28.80
\n" ); document.write( "x = \"28.80%2F1.6\"
\n" ); document.write( "x = 18 dimes
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\n" ); document.write( "6 * 18 = 108 quarters
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\n" ); document.write( "Check solution:
\n" ); document.write( ".10(18) + .25(108) =
\n" ); document.write( "1.80 + 27.00 = 28.80 \n" ); document.write( "
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