document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=888719>Question 888719</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Saving for a rainy day Michelle has a jar of quarters and dimes totalling to $3.10. If there are sixteen coins in the jar, how many more quarters are there than dimes? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #537641 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=LinnW><B>LinnW(1048)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-12.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=LinnW><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=LinnW><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=537641\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Since the total $3.10 ends in zero,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the number of quarters must be even.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So the number quarters could be 12, 10, 8, 6 and so forth.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If there were 12 quarters we would have $3.00 in quarters and would<BR>\n" );
document.write( "need one dime to total $3.10.  But for this we would only have 13 coins.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If there were 10 quarters, we would have $2.50 in quarters we would<BR>\n" );
document.write( "need 6 dimes to total $3.10.  For this situation we have a total<BR>\n" );
document.write( "of 16 coins, so this must be our solution. </SPAN>\n" );
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