document.write( "Question 418060: you have a coin bank that has 275 dimes and quarters that total $51.50. How many of each type of coin do you have in the bank?\r
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document.write( "Hi
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document.write( "275 dimes and quarters
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document.write( "Let x and (275 -x) represent the number of quarters and dimes respectively
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document.write( "Question states*** CENTS makes sense
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document.write( " 25x + 10(275-x) = 5150
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document.write( "        15x = 2400
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document.write( "          x = 160, number of quarters.   115 dimes   (275-160)
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document.write( "Solving for x
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document.write( "   25+160 + 10*115 = 4000 + 1150 = 5150 or $51.50 \n" );
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