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\n" ); document.write( "a coin bank contains three as many nickles as dimes and five times as many pennies as dimes.
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document.write( "Let  the number of dimes be    d.\r\n" );
document.write( "Then the number of nickels is 3d, and\r\n" );
document.write( "     the number of pennies is 5d.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The \"value\" equation is\r\n" );
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document.write( "5d + 5*3d + 10d = 300 cents,  or\r\n" );
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document.write( "30d = 300.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Find d and then find everything else.\r\n" );
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