SOLUTION: nadine has 7 more nickels than dealano has dimes if delano gives nadine 4 of his dime then delano will have the same amount of money as nadine how much money do they have together
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Question 235808: nadine has 7 more nickels than dealano has dimes if delano gives nadine 4 of his dime then delano will have the same amount of money as nadine how much money do they have together Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source):
Let represent the number of dimes. Then the number of nickels is . So the amount of money, in cents that Delano has is . Likewise, Nadine has . Now if Delano gives up 4 dimes, he gives up 40 cents, so he will then have cents. Whereas if Nadine receives 4 dimes, she will receive 40 cents and she will have cents. But we are told that these two amounts are equal, so:
Just solve for to get the number of dimes Delano started with. Figuring Nadine's nickels is then a simple matter of adding 7. Then multiply 10 ¢ times Delano's dimes and 5¢ times Nadine's nickels to get the amounts of money.
