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When Jai emptied her piggy bank, there were nickels, dimes, and quarters. There were 2 times as many dimes as nickels, and 10 more quarters than nickels. If the total amount of money was 7.50, how many coins did she have?
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Let number of nickels be N
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document.write( "Then number of dimes = 2N
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document.write( "Number of quarters: N + 10
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document.write( "We then get the following VALUE equation: .05N + .1(2N) + .25(N + 10) = 7.5
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document.write( ".05N + .2N + .25N + 2.5 = 7.5
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document.write( ".5N = 7.5 - 2.5
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document.write( ".5N = 5
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document.write( "N, or number of nickels = 
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document.write( "Number of quarters: 
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document.write( "She had a total of: 
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