document.write( "Question 1097342: Kelly has a collection of nickels, dimes and quarters with a total value of
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document.write( "Let  N be the number of nickels.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then the number of dimes is (N+5), and the number of quarters is 4N\r\n" );
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document.write( "    (in English, \"There are 3 times more quarters than nickels\" means that \r\n" );
document.write( "                 there are 4 times as many quarters as nickels  (!!!) ).\r\n" );
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document.write( "So, your equation is\r\n" );
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document.write( "5N + 10(N+5) + 25*(4N) = 1040   cents.\r\n" );
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document.write( "5N + 10N + 50 + 100N = 1040  ====>\r\n" );
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document.write( "115N = 1040-50 = 990  ====>  N =   is not an integer.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Which means that your condition/problem/formulation is  DEFECTIVE.\r\n" );
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document.write( "     The cause is that you don't know that in English\r\n" );
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document.write( "     \"There are 3 times more quarters than nickels\" means that \"there are 4 times as many quarters as nickels\".\r\n" );
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