document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=906688>Question 906688</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A youth organization collect nickels and dimes for a charity drive. By the end of the one-day drive, the youth had collected $50.05. If there were 3 times as many dimes as nickel.How many of each coin was collected?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The number of nickles was?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The number of dimes was? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #550004 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=rm29924><B>rm29924(97)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-08.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=rm29924><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=rm29924><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=550004\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Let X = the number of nickels<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let 3X = the number of dimes  because there are 3 times as many dimes as nickels\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a nickel is worth .05<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a dime is worth .10\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the equation is:<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".10(3X) + .05X = 50.05<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".30X + .05X = 50.05<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".35X = 50.05<BR>\n" );
document.write( "X = 143<BR>\n" );
document.write( "there are 143 nickels<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3(143) = 429   there are 429 dimes\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "check your work<BR>\n" );
document.write( "143 x .05 = 7.15<BR>\n" );
document.write( "429 x .10 = 42.90<BR>\n" );
document.write( "7.15 + 42.90 = 50.05 \r<BR>\n" );
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