SOLUTION: Pete has $8.60 in nickels and quarters. He has 32 coins in all. How many of each coin does he have?

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Question 1166934: Pete has $8.60 in nickels and quarters. He has 32 coins in all. How many of each coin
does he have?
Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, ikleyn:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39630) About Me  (Show Source):
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system%28n%2Bq=32%2C5n%2B25q=860%29

n%2B5q=172
and
n%2Bq=32

Subtract one from the other to find q:
4q=140
q=35-------------NO. NO.
Try differently:
172-5q=32-q
172-32=-q%2B5q
140=4q-------------NO.

If all the 32 coins were quarters, that would give 0.25*32=8.00 dollars, less than the given amount of money;

Recheck your problem description.

Answer by ikleyn(52887) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
.

It is a FAKE problem, where its author tries to sell you an  IMPOSSIBLE  (SELF -C ONTRADICTORY)  situation.

Even  32  quarters do not make  $8.60 --- they make only  $8.00.


Learn how to recognize such fake problems from the very beginning  (!)