document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=659584>Question 659584</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Helen has a $1.35 in her bank in nickles and dimes. There are 9 more nickles than dimes. Find the number she has of each kind </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "y = dimes\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "$1.35 = .05x + .1y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = y + 9\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Substitute the second equation in the first equation<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".05(y+9) + .1y = 1.35<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Distribute the .05<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".05y + .45 + .1y = 1.35<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Combine like terms<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".15y + .45 = 1.35<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".15y + .45 - .45 = 1.35 - .45<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".15y = .9<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".15y/.15 = .9/.15<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = 6 dimes\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Plug the y value into the second equation<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 6 + 9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 15 nickles\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Proof<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6 dimes = .1(6) = $.60<BR>\n" );
document.write( "15 nickles = .05(15) = $.75<BR>\n" );
document.write( "$.60 + $.75 = $1.35 </SPAN>\n" );
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