document.write( "Question 974707: There are twice as many quarters as there are toonies in a piggy bank. If the total value of the money in the box is $12.50, how many quarters are there in the piggy bank? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #596555 by josgarithmetic(39620)\"\" \"About 
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q quarters, L loonies.
\n" ); document.write( "R is how many dollars per loonie.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"system%28q=2L%2C+0.25q%2BRL=12.50%29\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"0.25%282L%29%2BRL=12.50\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"0.5L%2BRL=12.5\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"L%28R%2B1%2F2%29=12%261%2F2\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"2LR%2B1=25\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"2LR=24\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"LR=12\"
\n" ); document.write( "The question is really about quarters.
\n" ); document.write( "\"2LR=24\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"qR=24\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"q=24%2FR\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Try choosing R from whole number factors of 24, and test in the money count equation to see which values for R work and which do not work.
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