document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=8013>Question 8013</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Ok, just need these set up...<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1.  Maria has $1.05 in dimes and nickels.  She has 6 more nickels than dimes.  How many nickels does Maria have?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2.  What is the equation for the sum of three times a number and five is fourteen? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "You choose variables for the number of dimes and nickels. Let's use d and n.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So since a d is worth 10 cents and an n is worth 5 cents, <BR>\n" );
document.write( "10d + 5n = 105<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Also, n is 6 more than d. That is, if we knew how many n there were, we could find how many d there were by subtracting 6. So,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "n - 6 = d<BR>\n" );
document.write( "You put this value for d in the first equation and get<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10n - 60 + 5n = 105<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Solve that and you know how many nickels there were.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then subtract 6 and you know how many dimes there were.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I say \"were\" because by now Maria has spent them!\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Your second question just reads like algebra. Let n be the number.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So, three times the number and then five more is fourteen.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x + 5 = 14 </SPAN>\n" );
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