SOLUTION: In Tim's money box, he has three types of coins : $2 coins, $5 coins and $10 coins. The number of $10 coins is less than the number of $2 coins by 8, while the number of $5 coins i

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Question 1098575: In Tim's money box, he has three types of coins : $2 coins, $5 coins and $10 coins. The number of $10 coins is less than the number of $2 coins by 8, while the number of $5 coins is 2 more than three times the number of $2 coins . let x be the number if $2 coins.
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In Tim's money box, he has three types of coins :
$2 coins, $5 coins and $10 coins.
let x be the number if $2 coins
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The number of $10 coins is less than the number of $2 coins by 8,
x - 8 = the $10 coins
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while the number of $5 coins is 2 more than three times the number of $2 coins .
3x + 2 = no. $5 coins