document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=623759>Question 623759</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Jamil always throws loose change into a pencil holder on his desk and takes it out every two weeks.  This time it is all nickles and dimes.  There are 4 times as many dimes as nickles, and the value of the dimes is $2.10 more than the value of the nickles.  How many nickles and dimes does Jamil have? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let amount of nickels be N<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then amount of dimes = 4N<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".1(4N) = 2.1 + .05N<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".4N = 2.1 + .05N<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".4N - .05N = 2.1<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".35N = 2.1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "N, or amount of nickels = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2.1%2F.35 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2.1%2F.35\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, or <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight_green%286%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight_green%286%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Amount of dimes = 4(6) or <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight_green%2824%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight_green%2824%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( ".1(24) = 2.1 + .05(6)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2.4 = 2.1 + .3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2.4 = 2.4 (TRUE)\r<BR>\n" );
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