document.write( "Question 325336: From his daily allowance, Eric has saved 74 coins made up of denominations of one peso and five peso . How many of each kind has he if the coins amount to 170 pesos? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #232978 by mananth(16946)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! let 1 peso be x \n" ); document.write( "5 pesos will be 74-x \n" ); document.write( ".. \n" ); document.write( "value of 1 peso coins + value of 5 peso coins = total value \n" ); document.write( "x+5(74-x)= 170 \n" ); document.write( "x+370-5x=170 \n" ); document.write( "-4x=-200 \n" ); document.write( "x=50 1 peso coins \n" ); document.write( "32 will be 5 peso coins \n" ); document.write( " |