SOLUTION: Ginger has five more quarters than dimes. She has $5.10 in change. If she has only quarters and dimes, how many coins of each type does she have?

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Question 1060158: Ginger has five more quarters than dimes. She has $5.10 in change. If she has only quarters and dimes, how many coins of each type does she have?
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Ginger has five more quarters than dimes. She has $5.10 in change. If she has only quarters and dimes, how many coins of each type does she have?
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Set the 5 more quarters aside.
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That leaves sets of 1Q and 1D = 35 cents each worth 510 - 125 = 385 cents.
385/35 = 11 sets
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