document.write( "Question 422961: Hi,
\n" ); document.write( "Marcos had 15 coins in nickels and quarters. He had 3 more quarters than nickels. He wrote a system of equations to represent this situation, letting x be the number of nickels and y represent the number of quarters. Then he solved the system by graphing. What is the solution?\r
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\n" ); document.write( "B) (5,10)\r
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Marcos had 15 coins in nickels and quarters.
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\n" ); document.write( "He had 3 more quarters than nickels.
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\n" ); document.write( "He wrote a system of equations to represent this situation, letting n be the number of nickels and q represent the number of quarters. Then he solved the system by graphing. What is the solution?
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\n" ); document.write( "Ans: A
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\n" ); document.write( "A)(6,9)
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