document.write( "Question 1136910: If Jason has 12 nickels and quarters in his pocket, and they have a combined value of 200 cents, how many of each coin does he have? \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "If Jason has \"12\" nickels and quarters in his pocket, and they have a combined value of 200 cents, how many of each coin does he have? \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "let nickels be \"n\" and quarters \"q\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "If Jason has 12 nickels and quarters in his pocket, we have\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"n%2Bq=12\" ......solve for \"n\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"n=12-q\"......eq.1\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "if they have a combined value of \"200\" cents, and since \"1n=5c\" and \"1q=25c\", we have\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"5n%2B25q=200\"......substitute \"n\" from eq.1\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"5%2812-q%29%2B25q=200\"......solve for \"q\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"60-5q%2B25q=200\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"20q=200-60\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"20q=140\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"q=140%2F20\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"q=7\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "go to \"n=12-q\"......eq.1, substitute \"q\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"n=12-7\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"n=5\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "so, Jason has \"5\" nickels and \"7\" quarters\r
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