document.write( "Question 357513: Corey goes to the bank to get $20.00 in quarters, dimes, and nickels to use to make change at his yard sale. He gets twice as many quarters as dimes and 10 more nickels than dimes. How many of each type of coin does he get? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "Let x be the number of dimes. then # of quarters would be 2x and 
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document.write( "# of nickels would be (x+10)\r
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document.write( "5(x+10) + 10x + 25*2x = 2000cents
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document.write( "Simplify and Solve
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document.write( "5x + 50 + 10x + 50x = 2000 cents
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document.write( "65x = 1950
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document.write( "x = 1950/65
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document.write( "x = 30
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document.write( "Corey has 30 dimes, 60 quarters and 40 nickels
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document.write( "checking the nswer
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document.write( "5*40 + 10*30 + 25*60 = 200 + 300+ 1500 = 2000cents  \n" );
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