document.write( "Question 1089084: A piggy bank contains 36 coins that consists of dimes and quarters totaling $5.85. How many quarters are in the piggy bank? In your final answer, include all necessary calculations.
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\n" ); document.write( "A piggy bank contains 36 coins that consists of dimes and quarters totaling $5.85. How many quarters are in the piggy bank? In your final answer, include all necessary calculations.
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\n" ); document.write( "I first tried x = .36 + y = 5.85 but the calculations dies not come out what am I doing wrong?
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Let the number of dimes be D and quarters, Q
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document.write( "Then we get the system:  
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document.write( "You solve the system for Q: the number of quarters, since that's what's being sought.
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document.write( "You don't have to have a system. You can solve with just one variable, as follows:
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document.write( "Let the number of quarters be Q
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document.write( "Then number of dimes = 36 - Q
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document.write( "We then get the following equation: 
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document.write( "You solve the system for Q: the number of quarters, since that's what's being sought. \n" );
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