document.write( "Question 48326: Lou has quarters and dimes in his own coin bank. There are 26 coins in the bank. If he add 7 quarters and 3 dimes, the total value of the coins will be $7.35. Find the no. of quarters and dimes Lou originally have. \n" ); document.write( "
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Lou has quarters and dimes in his own coin bank. There\r\n" );
document.write( "are 26 coins in the bank. If he add 7 quarters and 3 \r\n" );
document.write( "dimes, the total value of the coins will be $7.35. \r\n" );
document.write( "Find the no. of quarters and dimes Lou originally have.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Q + D = 26\r\n" );
document.write( ".25(Q + 7) + .10(D + 3) = 7.35 \r\n" );
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document.write( "Simplify the second equation and solve the system.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Answer: 18 quarters and 8 dimes.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Check:  18+8 = 26 coins\r\n" );
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document.write( "18+7 or 25 quarters is worth $6.25\r\n" );
document.write( "8+3 or 11 dimes is worth $1.10\r\n" );
document.write( "That would be a total of $7.35\r\n" );
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