document.write( "Question 1178335: Gaby's piggy bank contains dimes and quarters worth $8.45. If she has 59 coins in all, how many of each does she have? \n" ); document.write( "

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\n" ); document.write( "Gaby's piggy bank contains dimes and quarters worth $8.45. If she has 59 coins in all, how many of each does she have?
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Let number of quarters be Q
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document.write( "Then number of dimes = 59 - Q
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document.write( "We then get: .25Q + .1(59 - Q) = 8.45
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document.write( ".25Q + 5.9 - .1Q = 8.45
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document.write( ".25Q - .1Q = 8.45 - 5.9
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document.write( ".15Q = 2.55
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document.write( "Number of quarters or 
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document.write( "Now find the number of dimes by subtracting 17 from 59.
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document.write( "That's IT!! \n" );
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