document.write( "Question 417829: jamil always throws loose change into a pencil holder on his desk and takes it out every two weeks. this time it is all nickels and dimes. there are 8 times as many dimes as nickels, and the value of the dimes is $9.00 more than the value of the nickels. how many nickels and dimes does jamil have?
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jamil always throws loose change into a pencil holder on his desk and takes it out every two weeks. this time it is all nickels and dimes. there are 8 times as many dimes as nickels, and the value of the dimes is $9.00 more than the value of the nickels. how many nickels and dimes does jamil have?
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "let x=number of nickels
\n" ); document.write( "Then 8x=number of dimes
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\n" ); document.write( "8x*.10-.05x=9.00
\n" ); document.write( ".8x-.05x=9.00
\n" ); document.write( ".75x=9.00
\n" ); document.write( "x=12
\n" ); document.write( "8x=96
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\n" ); document.write( "ans:
\n" ); document.write( "Jamil has 12 nickels and 96 dimes in his pencil holder\r
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