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Question 80308: Please help me with this story problem involving inequalities. Carlos has more than 80 coins, all nickels and dimes. He has five more dimes than nickels. What is the least mumber of nickels that Carlos can have?
My work:
n+d>80
d=n+5
n+n+5>80
2n>75
????? Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Please help me with this story problem involving inequalities. Carlos has more than 80 coins, all nickels and dimes. He has five more dimes than nickels. What is the least mumber of nickels that Carlos can have?
My work:
n+d>80
d=n+5
n+n+5>80
2n>75
n>37 1/2
n >= 38
The least number of nickels is 38
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Stan H.
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