SOLUTION: If Sam has 2 times as many dimes as nickels and they have a combined value of 125 cents, how many of each coin does he have?
how many nickels?
how many dimes?
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how many nickels?
how many dimes?
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Question 1136813: If Sam has 2 times as many dimes as nickels and they have a combined value of 125 cents, how many of each coin does he have?
how many nickels?
how many dimes? Answer by ikleyn(52803) (Show Source):
Group all coins in sets by grouping each nickel with 2 dimes.
Each set, containing 1 nickel and 2 dimes, is worth 5 + 2*10 = 25 cents.
You will have = 5 such groups.
Should I continue ?
ANSWER. 5 nickels and 10 dimes.
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