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Jamil always throws loose change into a pencil holder on his desk and takes it out every two weeks. This time it is all nickels and dimes. There are 9 times as many dimes as nickels, and the value of the dimes is $5.10 more than the value of the nickels. How many nickels and dimes does Jamil have?
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\n" ); document.write( "Let # of nickels ; Value of these is 5x cents
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\n" ); document.write( "# of dimes is \"9x\" ; Value of these is 10(9x) = 90x cents
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\n" ); document.write( "EQUATION:
\n" ); document.write( "dimes value - nickel value = 510 cents
\n" ); document.write( "90x - 5x = 510
\n" ); document.write( "85x = 510
\n" ); document.write( "x= 6 ( number of nickels)
\n" ); document.write( "9x = 54 (number of dimes)
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\n" ); document.write( "Cheers,
\n" ); document.write( "Stan H. \n" ); document.write( "

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