document.write( "Question 1178433: A phone bill of $32.50 was paid in fifty cent pieces and quarters. the number of fifty cent pieces exceeded the number of quarter by five. how many of each were there \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "Let x = number of 50¢ pieces
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document.write( "then x-5 = number of 25¢ pieces\r
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document.write( "Expressing $32.50 in cents, we get:
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document.write( "50x + 25(x-5) = 3250   \r
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document.write( "Solve for x:
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document.write( "x = 45    = number of 50¢ pieces
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document.write( "x-5 = 40  = number of 25¢ pieces \n" );
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