document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1099174>Question 1099174</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Tom, Harry, and George want to pool their money to buy a pizza, but all they have are coins. Tom has saved dimes, George has saved quarters, and Harry has saved on nickels. Tom has 8 more coins than George has, and Harry has two more than twice the number of coins that George has. If they have exactly enough to purchase the pizza, which costs $11.70, how many quarters, dimes, and nickels do they have? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #713608 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jorel1380><B>jorel1380(3719)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jorel1380><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=jorel1380><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=713608\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Let g be the number of quarters that George has. Then Tom has g+8 dimes, and Harry has 2g+2 nickels. Then<BR>\n" );
document.write( "25g+10(g+8)+5(2g+2)=1170<BR>\n" );
document.write( "25g+10g+80+10g+10=1170<BR>\n" );
document.write( "45g=1080<BR>\n" );
document.write( "g=24 quarters<BR>\n" );
document.write( "g+8=32 dimes<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2g+2=50 nickels<BR>\n" );
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