document.write( "Question 986921: Maria needs $2.35 to buy a magazine. The only money she has is a jar of nickels and dimes. Write an equation in standard form for the different amounts of nickels x and dimes y she could use. \n" ); document.write( "
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document.write( "0.05x + 0.10y = 2.35\r\n" );
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document.write( "Multiply through by 100\r\n" );
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document.write( "   5x + 10y = 235\r\n" );
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document.write( "Divide through by 5\r\n" );
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document.write( "     x + 2y = 47\r\n" );
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document.write( "You can have from 0 up to 23 dimes and the rest nickels.\r\n" );
document.write( "So there are 24 possible solutions.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Solutions:\r\n" );
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document.write( "      y dimes and  x nickels. \r\n" );
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document.write( " 1.   0 dimes and 47 nickels.\r\n" );
document.write( " 2.   1 dime  and 45 nickels.\r\n" );
document.write( " 3.   2 dimes and 43 nickels.\r\n" );
document.write( " 4.   3 dimes and 41 nickels.\r\n" );
document.write( " 5.   4 dimes and 39 nickels.\r\n" );
document.write( " 6.   5 dimes and 37 nickels.\r\n" );
document.write( " 7.   6 dimes and 35 nickels.\r\n" );
document.write( " 8.   7 dimes and 33 nickels.\r\n" );
document.write( " 9.   8 dimes and 31 nickels.\r\n" );
document.write( "10.   9 dimes and 29 nickels.\r\n" );
document.write( "11.  10 dimes and 27 nickels.\r\n" );
document.write( "12.  11 dimes and 25 nickels.\r\n" );
document.write( "13.  12 dimes and 23 nickels.\r\n" );
document.write( "14.  13 dimes and 21 nickels.\r\n" );
document.write( "15.  14 dimes and 19 nickels.\r\n" );
document.write( "16.  15 dimes and 17 nickels.\r\n" );
document.write( "17.  16 dimes and 15 nickels.\r\n" );
document.write( "18.  17 dimes and 13 nickels.\r\n" );
document.write( "19.  18 dimes and 11 nickels.\r\n" );
document.write( "20.  19 dimes and  9 nickels.\r\n" );
document.write( "21.  20 dimes and  7 nickels.\r\n" );
document.write( "22.  21 dimes and  5 nickels.\r\n" );
document.write( "23.  22 dimes and  3 nickels.\r\n" );
document.write( "24.  23 dimes and  1 nickel.\r\n" );
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