document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=548261>Question 548261</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Ben has twice as many quarters as nickels. if the total is $8.25 how many quarters does he have? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #356849 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mathie123><B>mathie123(224)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-09.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mathie123><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=356849\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Let q be the number of quarters and n be the number of nickels.  From the question we know that <BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=q=2n ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"q=2n\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >       (1)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=25q%2B5n=825 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"25q%2B5n=825\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >    (2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(Note:   I had to change 8.25 to cents so everything was measure in the same units... as well I used 25 for q since quarters are 25 cents and 5 for n as nickels are worth 5 cents.)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now we can substitute (1) into (2) and solve for n.  This leaves:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=55n=825 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"55n=825\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=n=825%2F55%7D%7D%0D%0A%7B%7B%7Bn=15 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"n=825%2F55%7D%7D%0D%0A%7B%7B%7Bn=15\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now we know we have 15 nickels... to find the number of quarters we have, we must substitute this number of nickels back into equation (1) and solve for q.  I will leave this next part to you..\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let me know if you are unsure about anything:)  </SPAN>\n" );
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