SOLUTION: In a pot worth $2.35, there are 6 quarters, 5 dimes, 5 pennies, and the rest of the coins are nickels. What is the ratio of nickels to dimes?

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Question 1042221: In a pot worth $2.35, there are 6 quarters, 5 dimes, 5 pennies,
and the rest of the coins are nickels. What is the ratio of nickels
to dimes?
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20064) About Me  (Show Source):
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In a pot worth $2.35, there are 6 quarters, 5 dimes, 5 pennies,
and the rest of the coins are nickels. What is the ratio of nickels
to dimes?

Let the number of nickels be N
Then the value of N nickels is $0.05N

%22%22%2B%22%22%22%22%2B%22%22%22%22%2B%22%22%28matrix%288%2C1%2C%0D%0AThe%2Cvalue%2Cof%2CN%2Cnickels%2Cwhich%2Cis%2C%22%240.05%22N%29%29%22%22=%22%22%22%242.35%22

%22%241.50%22%2B%22%240.50%22%2B%22%240.05%22%2B%22%240.05%22N%22%22=%22%22%22%242.35%22

1.50%2B0.50%2B0.05%2B.05N%22%22=%22%222.35

Move the decimals 2 places to the right and make them invisible:

150%2B50%2B5%2B5N%22%22=%22%22235

Solve that for N.

Then when you get the value of N, write

the value of N followed by a colon ":", followed by the number
of dimes, which is given as 5.

Edwin