SOLUTION: Sierra has a total of 61 dimes and qaurters in her piggybank. She has 3 more qaurters than dimes. The coins have a total of $10.90. How many dimes and how many qaurters does she ha

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Question 1053061: Sierra has a total of 61 dimes and qaurters in her piggybank. She has 3 more qaurters than dimes. The coins have a total of $10.90. How many dimes and how many qaurters does she have?[Hint: Use the decimal values of the c coins to write the eqaution.]
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Sierra has a total of 61 dimes and qaurters in her piggybank. She has 3 more qaurters than dimes. The coins have a total of $10.90. How many dimes and how many qaurters does she have?[Hint: Use the decimal values of the c coins to write the eqaution.]
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Hint: We don't need hints.
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The easy way:
Set the "3 more quarters" aside.
Now it's sets of Q's and D's worth 1090 - 75 = 1015
Each set is 35 cents
1015/35 = 29 sets
--> 29 dimes and 32 quarters