Question 1102798: There are 45 cents in nickels. There is a total of 3.65 in dimes, nickels, and quarters.There are 4 less quarters than the total amount of dimes. There are 29 coins in all. How many dimes, nickels, and quarters are there in total?
Answer by greenestamps(13334)   (Show Source):
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There is more information in the problem than necessary. Sometimes in cases like that, the information is self-contradictory, making a solution to the problem impossible. Fortunately in this problem all the given information is consistent.
45 cents in nickels means 9 nickels; since the total number of coins is 29, that means the total number of dimes and quarters is 20. If the number of quarters is 4 less than the number of dimes, and the total number of quarters and dimes is 20, then there are 8 quarters and 12 dimes.
Fortunately, those numbers give the stated total of $3.65.
Answer: 9 nickels, 12 dimes, 8 quarters
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