document.write( "Question 116935: While cleaning out the closet, john found of coins. The box contained nickels, dimes, and quarters. He added up the change and found that there were 85 coins totaling $6.25 in the in the box. If there were 3 times as many nickels as dimes, how many quarters were there? \n" ); document.write( "
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document.write( "While cleaning out the closet, john found of coins. The box contained nickels,\r\n" );
document.write( "dimes, and quarters. He added up the change and found that there were 85 coins\r\n" );
document.write( "totaling $6.25 in the in the box. If there were 3 times as many nickels as\r\n" );
document.write( "dimes, how many quarters were there? \r\n" );
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document.write( "   n +    d +    q = 85         <----- the coin equation \r\n" );
document.write( ".05n + .10d + .25q =  6.25      <----- the money equation\r\n" );
document.write( "                 n = 3d         <----- 3 times as many nickels as dimes.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Can you solve that system? If not post again asking how.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Answer: 60 nickels, 20 dimes, and 5 quarters.\r\n" );
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