Question 103684: Aretha has $0.85 in nickels and dimes.She has 2 more nickels than Dimes.How many Nickels and Dimes does she have? Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Aretha has $0.85 in nickels and dimes.She has 2 more nickels than Dimes.How many Nickels and Dimes does she have?
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Let number of nickels be "x" ; value of these is 5x cents
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Number of dimes is "x-2" ; value of these is 10(x-2) = 10x-20 cents
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EQUATION:
value + value = 85 cents
5x + 10x - 20 = 85
15x = 105
x = 7 (number of nickels)
x-2 = 5 (number of dimes)
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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