SOLUTION: You have at least $12.50 in dimes and nickels in your car’s ashtray. Write an inequality that shows the different number of coins in the ashtray.

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Question 62469: You have at least $12.50 in dimes and nickels in your car’s ashtray. Write an inequality that shows the different number of coins in the ashtray.
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I'm not an American so I am not sure about dimes and nickels. If I assume that a dime is 10 cents ($0.10) and a nickel is 5 cents ($0.05) then the following equation will result.
0.1*dimes + 0.05*nickels > 12.5