document.write( "Question 1196588: A bag has 274 coins of nickels, dimes and quarters. There are twice as many nickels as quarters. If the total value of the coins was $30.3, how many nickels, dimes and quarters were there?
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Algebra.Com's Answer #829490 by josgarithmetic(39617)\"\" \"About 
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document.write( "COIN          COIN COUNTS          MONEY(dollars)\r\n" );
document.write( "Nickels       2Q                   0.05*2Q\r\n" );
document.write( "Dimes        274-2Q-Q=274-3Q       0.1*(274-3Q)\r\n" );
document.write( "Quarters       Q                   0.25Q\r\n" );
document.write( "TOTAL                             30.30\r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"0.1Q%2B0.1%28274-3Q%29%2B0.25Q=30.30\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"10Q%2B2740-30Q%2B25Q=3030\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"5Q%2B2740=3030\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"5Q=3030-2740=290\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"highlight%28Q=58%29\" and counts for nickels and dimes are easily found.
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