document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=948715>Question 948715</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Kendra has $3.60 in dimes and nickels. If she has 4 times as many dimes as nickels, how many of each coin does she have?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Please help! I've been working on this math problem for HOURS. I've set it up in different ways and haven't been able to get the answer. The way I have it set is: 4x (dimes)+10x(value of dime)+5x(value of nickle)+x(unknown nickles)=360\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Kendra has $3.60 in dimes and nickels. If she has 4 times as many dimes as nickels, how many of each coin does she have?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Please help! I've been working on this math problem for HOURS. I've set it up in different ways and haven't been able to get the answer. The way I have it set is: 4x (dimes)+10x(value of dime)+5x(value of nickle)+x(unknown nickles)=360\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Thank you for your time and your help!<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<PRE STYLE=\"white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: -moz-pre-wrap; white-space: -pre-wrap; white-space: -o-pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;\">Let number of nickels be N<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then number of dimes = 4N<BR>\n" );
document.write( "We then get the value equation: .05N + .1(4N) = 3.6<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".05N + .4N = 3.6<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".45N = 3.6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "N, or number of nickels = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3.6%2F.45 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3.6%2F.45\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, or <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight_green%288%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight_green%288%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Number of dimes: 4(8), or <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight_green%2832%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight_green%2832%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "It's much, much simpler when you use 1 variable. </SPAN>\n" );
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