document.write( "Question 947536: Selena has some nickels, dimes and quarters. She has 1½ times as many dimes as nickels. She has 5 fewer quarters than nickels. If Selena has a total of $5.05, how many of each coin does she have? \n" ); document.write( "

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\n" ); document.write( "Selena has some nickels, dimes and quarters. She has 1½ times as many dimes as nickels. She has 5 fewer quarters than nickels. If Selena has a total of $5.05, how many of each coin does she have?
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document.write( "Let number of nickels be N
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document.write( "Then number of dimes = , or , or 
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document.write( "Number of quarters = N - 5 
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document.write( "We then have: 
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document.write( ".6N + .3N = 12.6 -------- Multiplying by LCD, 2
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document.write( ".9N = 12.6
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document.write( "N, or number of nickels = , or 
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document.write( "Number of dimes: , or 
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document.write( "Number of quarters: 14 – 5, or  \n" );
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