SOLUTION: Jimmy has coins in his pocket consisting of nickels and dimes. If he has 6 more nickels than dimes and the value of the coins is $1.05, how many nickels does he have?

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Question 339460: Jimmy has coins in his pocket consisting of nickels and dimes. If he has 6 more nickels than dimes and the value of the coins is $1.05, how many nickels does he have?
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1.N=D%2B6
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2.5N%2B10D=105
Substituting eq. 1 into eq. 2,
5%28D%2B6%29%2B10D=105
5D%2B30%2B10D=105
15D=75
D=5
Then from eq. 1,
N=5%2B6=11
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Jimmy has 5 dimes and 11 nickels.