SOLUTION: Sue has two more nickels than dimes and three more quarters than nickels. She has $3.35 in all. How many coins of each kind does she have?

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Question 1106758: Sue has two more nickels than dimes and three more quarters than nickels. She has $3.35 in all. How many coins of each kind does she have?
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n, d, q
Nickels, dimes, quarters

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Simplify the money equation first, and then rewrite it in terms of n; and solve first for n.