document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=381318>Question 381318</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> how many dimes and quarters make $3.85 </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #270473 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=richard1234><B>richard1234(7193)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=richard1234><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=richard1234><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=270473\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> There are multiple ordered pairs of quarters and dimes (q, d) that satisfy. We want the amount of money from the quarters to be an odd multiple of 25 (i.e. something ending in .25 or .75) so that the amount from the dimes is a multiple of 10. Therefore we have\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "25q = 375, 10d = 10 --> 15 quarters, 1 dime<BR>\n" );
document.write( "25q = 325, 10d = 60 --> 13 quarters, 6 dimes\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Repeating this algorithm, we obtain (q, d) = (15, 1), (13, 6), (11, 11), (9, 16), (7, 21), (5, 26), (3, 31), (1, 36). </SPAN>\n" );
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