document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=48655>Question 48655</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A coin collector has $45 in quarters and dimes.  How many coins of each kind does he hae if the total number of his coins is 240?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Quarter DATA:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "number of quarters= x ; value of these quarters = 25x cents<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Dime DATA:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "number of dimes= 240-x ; value of these dimes = 10(240-x)=2400-10x cents<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "EQUATION:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "value + value = value<BR>\n" );
document.write( "25x + 2400-10x = 4500 cents<BR>\n" );
document.write( "15x=2100<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=140 (number of quarters)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "200-x=60(number of dimes)\r<BR>\n" );
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