SOLUTION: Paul throws his loose change into a pencil holder on his desk and takes out every two weeks. This time it was all quarters and nickels. There are four times as many quarters as nic

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Question 1057853: Paul throws his loose change into a pencil holder on his desk and takes out every two weeks. This time it was all quarters and nickels. There are four times as many quarters as nickels. He had a total of $13.65. Find the number of quarters and nickels.
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Answer. 13 nickels and 4*13 quarters. 

Group coins in the sets comprising of 4 quarters and 1 nickel each.


Each set worth is 4*25 + 5 cents = 105 cents.


The number of sets is 1365%2F105 = 13.

It gives the answer.

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