document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1033682>Question 1033682</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Write a system of equations to model each situation. Then use your system to solve.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1) A writing workshop enrolls novelists and poets in a ration of 5 to 3. There are 24 people at the workshop. How many novelists are there? How many poets?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2) You have 15 coins in your pocket that are either quarters or nickels. They total $2.75. How many of each coin do you have?  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "According to rules of posting on this web site, you may ask one question per post. I chose to answer your second question:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2) You have 15 coins in your pocket that are either quarters or nickels. They total $2.75. How many of each coin do you have? <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Q=number of quarters; N=number of nickels<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Q+N=15<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Q=15-N<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "$0.25Q+$0.05N=$2.75<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "$0.25(15-N)+$0.05D=$2.75<BR>\n" );
document.write( "$3.75-$0.25N+$0.05N=$2.75<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-$0.20N=-$1.00<BR>\n" );
document.write( "N=5<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "ANSWER 1: There are 5 nickels.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Q=15-N=15-5=10<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "ANSWER 2: There are 10 quarters.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "CHECK:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "$0.25Q+$0.05N=$2.75<BR>\n" );
document.write( "$0.25(10)+$0.05(5)=$2.75<BR>\n" );
document.write( "$2.50+$0.25=$2.75<BR>\n" );
document.write( "$2.75=$2.75<BR>\n" );
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