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document.write( "If the number of dimes is one-fifth the number of quarters, then the number of quarters is 5 times the number of dimes.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x= number of dimes @ 10 cents<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5x= number of quarters @ 25 cents\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "10(x) +25(5x) = 3105 cents\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "10x +125x = 3105\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "135x=3105<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=23 dimes<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5x = 115 quarters\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It checks since <BR>\n" );
document.write( "23 dimes =  $2.30<BR>\n" );
document.write( "115 quar = $28.75<BR>\n" );
document.write( "TOTAL  =   $31.05\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "R^2 </SPAN>\n" );
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