SOLUTION: set up 2 equations! then solve using any method. Olga has 5 times as many dimes as nickels. If she has $3.30, how many of each coin does she have?

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Question 300691: set up 2 equations! then solve using any method.
Olga has 5 times as many dimes as nickels. If she has $3.30, how many of each coin does she have?
Answer by mananth(16949) About Me  (Show Source):
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let olga have x nickels and y dimes
5x=y
or
5x-y =0
5x+10y=330 cents
x+2y= 66
2(5x-y)+x+2y=66
10x-2y +x +2y= 66
11x=66
x= 6 the number of nickels
5*6 = 30 is the number of dimes.