document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1055022>Question 1055022</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Alex has four times as many quarters as nickels and five more dimes than nickels in his coin bank.  If he has $12.00 in nickels, dimes and quarters in the coin bank, how many of each coin does he have ? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "d = n+5<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "0.05n+0.10d+0.25q = 12 substitute for d and q<BR>\n" );
document.write( "0.05n+0.10(n+5)+0.25(4n) = 12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "0.05n+0.10n+0.50+1n = 12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1.15n = 11.50<BR>\n" );
document.write( "n = 10 he has 10 nickels<BR>\n" );
document.write( "And:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "q = 4n = 10(4) = 40 quarters<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d = n+5 = 10+5 = 15 dimes<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Check:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10n = 0.05*10 = 0.50<BR>\n" );
document.write( "15d = 0.10*15 = 1.50<BR>\n" );
document.write( "40q = 0.25*40 = 10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Total . . . . . 12.00 Correct<BR>\n" );
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