document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1179758>Question 1179758</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> there were 24 nickles, dimes, and quarters whose total value equaled $4.25. how many coins of each kind were there if the number of nickels equaled the number of dimes? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "there were 24 nickles, dimes, and quarters whose total value equaled $4.25. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "n+d+q=24\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5n+10d+25q= 425 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "n=d\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "n+d+q=24<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d+d+q=24<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2d+q=24\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5n+10d+25q= 425 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "5d+10d+25q=425<BR>\n" );
document.write( "15d+25q =425\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "	d	dimes										<BR>\n" );
document.write( "	q	quarters										<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2.00	d	+	1.00	q	=	24.00						<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "15.00	d	+	25.00	q	=	425.00	.............2					<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Eliminate 	q											<BR>\n" );
document.write( "multiply (1)by		-25.00										<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Multiply (2) by		1.00										<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-50.00	d		-25.00	q	=	-600.00						<BR>\n" );
document.write( "15.00	d		25.00	q	=	425.00						<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Add the two equations												<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-35.00	d				=	-175.00						<BR>\n" );
document.write( "/	-35.00											<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d	=	5.00										<BR>\n" );
document.write( "plug value of			d	in (1)								<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2.00	d	+	1.00	q	=	24.00						<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10.00		+	1.00	q	=	24.00						<BR>\n" );
document.write( "			1.00	q	=	14.00						<BR>\n" );
document.write( "				q	=	14.00						<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Ans	d	=	5									<BR>\n" );
document.write( "	q	=	14									<BR>\n" );
document.write( "	5	dimes										<BR>\n" );
document.write( "	14	quarters										\r<BR>\n" );
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