document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1204628>Question 1204628</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Alyssa emptied out her change jar to buy a new binder for school. She found 147<BR>\n" );
document.write( "coins consisting of dimes and nickels that totaled $11.65. Write a system of<BR>\n" );
document.write( "equations to determine how many dimes, d, and how many nickels, n, Alyssa had in<BR>\n" );
document.write( "her change jar? Then solve the system of equations. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Alyssa emptied out her change jar to buy a new binder for school. She found 147<BR>\n" );
document.write( "coins consisting of dimes and nickels that totaled $11.65. Write a system of<BR>\n" );
document.write( "equations to determine how many dimes, d, and how many nickels, n, Alyssa had in<BR>\n" );
document.write( "her change jar? Then solve the system of equations.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "She found 147coins consisting of dimes and nickels<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let the number of dimes be x <BR>\n" );
document.write( "and number of nickels be y<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+y=147------------------1\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " that totaled $11.65.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "10x+5y= 1165 (cents)------------2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Multiply (1) by 10 and subtract from (2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10x+5y= 1165<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10x+10y=1470   <BR>\n" );
document.write( "-5y=-305<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y= 61  number of nickels\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x =147-61= 86  number of dimes\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "CHECK\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "61*5+86*10 =1165 cents =$11.65\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "15y = \r<BR>\n" );
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