SOLUTION: The coins in the store's cash register total $12.50. The cash register contains only nickels, dimes, and quarters. There are twice as many dimes as nickels. There are also twice as

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Question 396754: The coins in the store's cash register total $12.50. The cash register contains only nickels, dimes, and quarters. There are twice as many dimes as nickels. There are also twice as many quarters as dimes. How many quarters are in the cash register?
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Hi

Let x, 2x, 4x represent the number of nickels,dimes and quarters respectively

Questions states*** Cents amke sense!

 5x + 10*2x + 25*4x = 1250 CENTS

solving for x

  125x = 1250

     x = 10, the number of nickels.  There are 20 dimes and 40 quarters



CHECKING our Answer

  50 + 200 + 1000 = 1250 or $12.50