document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=372776>Question 372776</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> you have 6.80 in a piggy bank...in the bank their are 3 times as many quarters as dimes...how many quarters and dimes are in the bank?...i think it's 24q and 8d...but i need help in setting up the equation..tks </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "You didn't bother to state that the bank contained ONLY dimes and quarters, however since without such presumption you can't solve the problem, we proceed on that basis.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\"> represent the number of dimes.  Then <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large 3x\"> must represent the number of quarters.  The value of the dimes, in cents, is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large 10x\">, the value of the quarters, in cents, is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large 25\,\cdot\,3x\ =\ 75x\">, and the entire value of the bank contents, in cents, is 680.  Hence:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 10x\ +\ 75x\ =\ 680\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve for <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large x\"> to get the number dimes.  Multiply by 3 to get the number of quarters.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0\"><BR>\n" );
document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it<BR>\n" );
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