document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1007577>Question 1007577</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 1) Nineteen coins are what’s in this cup.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A dollar thirty is the total inside.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So how many nickels and how many dimes?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let n and d be the number of nickels and dimes.  Then we have<BR>\n" );
document.write( "n + d = 19 and the value equation is<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5n + 10d = 130  (we work in cents)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Now multiply the top equation by five and subtract from the second...we get<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5n + 10d = 130<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-(5n + 5d = 95)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5d = 35<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d = 7 dimes<BR>\n" );
document.write( "n = 12 nickels </SPAN>\n" );
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