document.write( "Question 1050455: Sue has $3.25 in dimes and nickels. If she has 10 more dimes as nickels, how many of each coin does she have? \n" ); document.write( "

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\n" ); document.write( "Sue has $3.25 in dimes and nickels. If she has 10 more dimes as nickels, how many of each coin does she have?
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document.write( "Let me show you how to solve the problem mentally, without equations.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Take off 10 dimes from the collection (mentally ). \r\n" );
document.write( "Then Sue has $2.25 in dimes and nickels, and the number of nickels is the same as dimes.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Combine the remaining coins in groups with one dime and one nickel in each group.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Each group worth 5 + 10 = 15 cents. Hence, there are 225/15 = 15 groups.\r\n" );
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document.write( "It means that there were 15 nickels in the collection originally.\r\n" );
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document.write( "So, your answer: there were 15 nickels and 25 dimes in Sue's collection.\r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "See the lessons\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "    - Coin problems\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "    - Kevin and Randy Muise have a jar containing coins\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "    - Typical coin problems from the archive\r
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