document.write( "Question 684302: Joe saved a number of nickels,dimes, and quarters. He had 3 more dimes than nickels. He also had 6 more than twice as many quarters as dimes. He had a total of 5.05. How many of each coin did he have
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\n" ); document.write( "dimes=n+3
\n" ); document.write( "quarters=2(n+3)+6
\n" ); document.write( "n+n+3+2(n+3)+6=5.05
\n" ); document.write( ".05n+.10n+.3+.50n+3=5.05\r
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\"dimes=n%2B3\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"quarters=2%28n%2B3%29%2B6\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"n%2Bn%2B3%2B2%28n%2B3%29%2B6=5.05\"
\n" ); document.write( "or in cents\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"+25q+%2B+10d+%2B+5n+=+505+\" ( in cents )
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "plug in \"+q+=+2%28n%2B3%29%2B6\" and \"+d+=+n%2B3+\" and solve for \"n\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"+25%282%28n%2B3%29%2B6%29+%2B+10%28n%2B3%29%2B+5n+=+505+\"
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\n" ); document.write( "\"+25%282n%2B6%2B6%29+%2B+10%28n%2B3%29%2B+5n+=+505+\" \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"+25%282n%2B12%29+%2B+10%28n%2B3%29%2B+5n+=+505+\" \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"+50n%2B300+%2B+10n%2B30%2B+5n+=+505+\" \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"+65n%2B330+=+505+\" \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"+65n+=+505+-330\" \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"+65n+=+175\" \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"n=2.6923076923076923076923076923077\".......this and doesn't make sense, \"n\" should be whole number\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "possible solution:\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"n=3\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"d=4\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"q=18\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "but it doesn't match given data
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