document.write( "Question 105609: A purse containing $3.20 in quarters and dimes has, in all, 20 coins. Find the number of each kind of coin. \r
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Ans.: 12 D, 8 Q \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Let \"x+\" be the number of quarters, and \"y\" be the number of dimes.
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\n" ); document.write( "\"x%2By+=+20\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Or, we can write:
\n" ); document.write( "\"20+%96+x+\"as a number of dimes \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "We know that sum of quarters and dimes is \"%243.20=320+pennies\", so
\n" ); document.write( "We ca write following equation:\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"25x\" +\"10\"*\"20-x%29\" = \"320+\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"25x+%2B200\"\"10x\" = \"320\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"15x+=+320+%96+200\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"15x+=+120\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x+=+120%2F15\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x+=+8\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x+=+8\"\"+quarters\" \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Then, \"20+%96+x+=+12\"\"+dimes\"
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