SOLUTION: Emily has a purse full of quarters and dimes. There are 58 more quarters than dimes and the total value of the change is $19.05. How many dimes are there?

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Question 1154945: Emily has a purse full of quarters and dimes. There are 58 more quarters than dimes and the total value of the change is $19.05. How many dimes are there?
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quarters and dimes. There are 58 more quarters than dimes and the total value of the change is $19.05. How many dimes
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d dime, q quarters
q-d=58
q=d%2B58
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10d%2B25%28d%2B58%29=1905-----------one equation in one unknown, d
Simplify and solve.