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I have been stuck on this question for about 45 minutes can somebody please help me?
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document.write( "Alan didn't figure up the money, Nerdybill divided wrong and got 16\r\n" );
document.write( "quarters instead of 17.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Let q = the number of quarters\r\n" );
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document.write( "So the number of nickels is q-8\r\n" );
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document.write( "So the number of dimes is 2×(the number of nickels) = 2(q-8)\r\n" );
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document.write( "The equation comes from\r\n" );
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document.write( "So \r\n" );
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document.write( " q + (q-8) + 2(q-8) = 44\r\n" );
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document.write( "q + q - 8 + 2q - 16 = 44 \r\n" );
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document.write( "            4q - 24 = 44\r\n" );
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document.write( "                 4q = 68\r\n" );
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document.write( "                  q = 17 quarters\r\n" );
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document.write( "the number of nickels is q-8 = 17-8 = 9 nickels\r\n" );
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document.write( "the number of dimes = 2(q-8) = 2(17-8) = 2(9) = 18 dimes\r\n" );
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document.write( "17 quarters = $0.25(17) = $4.25\r\n" );
document.write( " 9 nickels  = $0.05(9)  =   .45\r\n" );
document.write( "18 dimes    = $0.10(18) =  1.80\r\n" );
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document.write( " total money            = $6.50                             \r\n" );
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