document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=399548>Question 399548</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> My daughter is in doing solving problems with two variables; the addition or subtraction method. We are having a lot of trouble with these. Please help...one of the questions are as follows...\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Gary has $4.40 in nickles and dimes. He has 10 more nickles than dimes. How many of each coin does he have? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let n = no. of nickeks<BR>\n" );
document.write( "let d = no. of dimes<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Write an equation for each statement:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "\"Gary has $4.40 in nickles and dimes.<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".05n + .10d = 4.40<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " He has 10 more nickles than dimes.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "n = d+10<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In the 1st equation substitute (d+10) for n, solve for d<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".05(d+10) + .10d = 4.40<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".05d + .5 + .10d = 4.40<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".05d + .10d = 4.40 - .50<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".15d = 3.90<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3.90%2F.15 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3.90%2F.15\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "d = 26 dimes, then, obviously, we have 36 nickels<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Check and see if that is true, find the value using these solutions<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".05(36) + .10(26) = <BR>\n" );
document.write( "1.80 + 2.60 = 4.40\r<BR>\n" );
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