document.write( "Question 1081210: Sean Has 19 coins .Coins are worth 5 cents 10 cents or 20 cents. He has as many 5 cents coins as 10 cents and total value of all coins is $2.20.How many 10 cent coins does sean have in his pocket? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "Let \"x\" be the number of 10-cent coins.\r\n" );
document.write( "Then the number of 5-cent coins is x also, and the number of 20-cent coins is (19-2x).\r\n" );
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document.write( "The \"value\" equation is\r\n" );
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document.write( "5x + 10x + 20*(19-2x) = 220  cents,\r\n" );
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document.write( "15x + 380 - 40x = 220,\r\n" );
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document.write( "-25x = 220-380  --->  -25x = -160  --->  x =  = there is no integer solution.\r\n" );
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document.write( "===>  the problem formulation is incorrect OR the problem has no solution.\r\n" );
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document.write( "In any case, I regret about my time I spent for nothing solving it.\r\n" );
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