document.write( "Question 959163: a piggy bank contains 20 coins in 25cents and 3 pesos. Their total value is 8.75 pesos. How many of each kind are present? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #808345 by CubeyThePenguin(3113) You can put this solution on YOUR website! x = number of 25 cent coins \n" ); document.write( "y = number of 3 peso coins\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "x + y = 20 \n" ); document.write( "25x + 300y = 875\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "300x + 300y = 6000 \n" ); document.write( "-25x - 300y = -875 \n" ); document.write( "--------------------- \n" ); document.write( "275x = 5125 \n" ); document.write( "x = 18.63...\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "You can't have a fractional amount of a coin, so this problem has no solution. \n" ); document.write( " |