SOLUTION: In a bag, a child has 325 coins worth $19.50. There were three types of coins: pennies, nickels, and dimes. If the bag contained the same number of nickels as dimes, how many of ea

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Question 1147939: In a bag, a child has 325 coins worth $19.50. There were three types of coins: pennies, nickels, and dimes. If the bag contained the same number of nickels as dimes, how many of each type of coin was in the bag?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39616) About Me  (Show Source):
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x nickels and x dimes
p pennies
325=2x%2Bp
p=325-2x

$19.50
%28325-2x%29%2B5x%2B10x=1950
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13x%2B325=1950
13x=1950-325
x=%281950-325%29%2F13
x=125----------------of nickels and of dimes, each

75---------------pennies