document.write( "Question 429816: A soda machine contains $3.00 in nickels and dimes. If the number of dimes is 5 more than twice the number of nickels, how many coins of each type are there?\r
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A soda machine contains $3.00 in nickels and dimes. If the number of dimes is 5 more than twice the number of nickels, how many coins of each type are there?
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\n" ); document.write( "d = # of dimes
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\n" ); document.write( "Write down what's given. Don't whine about \"word problems\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"Two plus two\" is a word problem.
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\n" ); document.write( "d = 2n + 5 - # of dimes = 2 times # of nickels plus 5
\n" ); document.write( "5*n + 10*d = 300 - n's are 5 cents each, and dimes are 10 cents each. See that?
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\n" ); document.write( "d = 2n + 5
\n" ); document.write( "5*n + 10*d = 300
\n" ); document.write( "Now it's not a word problem.\r
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