document.write( "Question 933437: The number of quarters that Tom has is three times the number of nickels he has all together as one dollar and $.60 how many quarters in how many nickels to see have \n" ); document.write( "

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$\"Q=3N\"$
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\n" ); document.write( " $\"25Q%2B5N=160\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"5Q%2BN=32\"$
\n" ); document.write( "Substituting from above,
\n" ); document.write( " $\"5%283N%29%2BN=32\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"15N%2BN=32\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"16N=32\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"N=2\"$
\n" ); document.write( "Then,
\n" ); document.write( " $\"Q=3%282%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"Q=6\"$
\n" ); document.write( "Six quarters, two nickels \n" ); document.write( "

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