document.write( "Question 26833: Hello I am helping my son on a homework assignment. Unfortunately am stuck on this question. Can someone help me out. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Here is the question:\r
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document.write( "Mary counted her dimes when she put then in groups of 4 she have 2 dimes leftovers.
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document.write( "When she put them in groups of 5 she have 1 leftovers, what is the smallest numbers of dimes she could have if she have more that 10 dimes? \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #14598 by Earlsdon(6294)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! You solve this problem by making two tables: \n" ); document.write( "The first table is for the groups of four with two leftover.\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "3 X 4 + 2 = 14 \n" ); document.write( "4 X 4 + 2 = 18 \n" ); document.write( "5 X 4 + 2 = 22 \n" ); document.write( "6 X 4 + 2 = 26\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The second table is for groups of five with one leftover.\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "2 X 5 + 1 = 11 \n" ); document.write( "3 X 5 + 1 = 16 \n" ); document.write( "4 X 5 + 1 = 21 \n" ); document.write( "5 X 5 + 1 = 26\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The last entries in the two tables show that Mary must have had at least 26 dimes. \n" ); document.write( "She could make 6 groups of 4 dimes with 2 leftover or she could make 5 groups of 5 dimes with 1 leftover. \r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |