SOLUTION: there are 7 coins in a purse which are worth a total of 1 dollar. find one possibility for the set of coins in terms of nickles, dime, quarters.

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Question 1069430: there are 7 coins in a purse which are worth a total of 1 dollar.
find one possibility for the set of coins in terms of nickles, dime, quarters.

Answer by ikleyn(52908) About Me  (Show Source):
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2 quarters and 5 dimes.


There is entire bunch of lessons on coin problems
    - 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
    - Solving coin problems mentally by grouping without using equations
    - Santa Claus helps solving coin problem
in this site.

Read them and become an expert in solution of coin problems.

Also, you have this free of charge online textbook in ALGEBRA-I in this site
    - ALGEBRA-I - YOUR ONLINE TEXTBOOK.

The referred lessons are the part of this online textbook under the topic "Coin problems".