SOLUTION: You have quarters, dimes, and nickels in a jar. There are twice as many quarters as nickels. Write an expression for the number of coins in the jar in terms of nickels and dimes.

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Question 343158: You have quarters, dimes, and nickels in a jar. There are twice as many quarters as nickels. Write an expression for the number of coins in the jar in terms of nickels and dimes.
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Let represent the number of nickels.

Let represent the number of dimes.

Let represent the number of quarters.

Let represent the total number of coins.

Then



But we are given that , so substitute:





John

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