SOLUTION: in his report, the cashier of a snack bar turned a number of coins amounting to $6.25 consisting of nickels and dimes. if there were 3 times as many nickels as there were dimes, ho

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Question 1061048: in his report, the cashier of a snack bar turned a number of coins amounting to $6.25 consisting of nickels and dimes. if there were 3 times as many nickels as there were dimes, how many dimes were there?
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n = number of nickels
d = number of dimes

5n + 10d = 625
n = 3d

Substitute the second equation into the first.

5(3d) + 10d = 625
25d = 625
d = 25

There were 25 dimes.