SOLUTION: dora has $5.50 in nickels and quarters. She has twice as many quarters as she has nickles. How many of each coin does she have?

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Question 1035918: dora has $5.50 in nickels and quarters. She has twice as many quarters as she has nickles. How many of each coin does she have?
Answer by jorel555(1290) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let n be the number of nickels:
5(n)+25(2n)=550
5n+50n=550
55n=550
n=10
Dora has ten nickels and twenty quarters!!!!!!!!!!!