SOLUTION: collection of dimes and quarters is worth $9.55. if the quarters were dimes and the dimes were quarters the total value would be $7.60. find the number of each coin

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Question 1096226: collection of dimes and quarters is worth $9.55. if the quarters were dimes and the dimes were quarters the total value would be $7.60. find the number of each coin
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20059) About Me  (Show Source):
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Simplify by clearng of decimals and usind substitution 
or elimination to solve this system:

system%280.10d%2B0.25q=9.55%2C0.25d%2B0.10q=7.60%29

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