document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1158525>Question 1158525</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Wendell didn't make it in Nashville.  Now he only has $12 in nickels and dimes left to his name-barely enough to pay for a bus ticket back home.  If Wendell has 3 times as many nickels as dimes, how many dimes does he have? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let Wendell have x dimes \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " If Wendell has 3 times as many nickels as dimes, how many dimes does he have?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Number of nickels = 3x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "dime 10 c<BR>\n" );
document.write( "nickel 5c\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "10x+5*3x = 1200   ( $12=1200 c)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "25x = 1200<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x= 48 number of dimes </SPAN>\n" );
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