SOLUTION: A newspaper carrier has $6.80 in change. He has nine more quarters than dimes but four times as many nickels as quarters. How many of each type does he have?

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Question 1047052: A newspaper carrier has $6.80 in change. He has nine more quarters than dimes but four times as many nickels as quarters.
How many of each type does he have?
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A newspaper carrier has $6.80 in change. He has nine more quarters than dimes but four times as many nickels as quarters. How many of each type does he have?
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Very similar problem was solved in the lesson
    - More complicated coin problems, Problem 2
in this site.

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    - Coin problems
    - More Coin problems
    - Solving coin problems without using equations
    - Kevin and Randy Muise have a jar containing coins
    - Typical coin problems from the archive
    - More complicated coin problems
    - OVERVIEW of lessons on coin word problems
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