SOLUTION: a purse contains $2.20 in dimes and quarters. if the number of dimes is 1/4 the number of quarters, how many dimes are there?

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Question 365795: a purse contains $2.20 in dimes and quarters. if the number of dimes is 1/4 the number of quarters, how many dimes are there?
Answer by mananth(16946) About Me  (Show Source):
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let quarters be x
dimes = 1/4 * x
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25x+10x/4 = 220
(100x+10x)/4=220
110x=880
/110
x= 8 quarters
dimes = 2
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