SOLUTION: Hi, Marcos had 15 coins in nickels and quarters than nickels. He wrote a system of equations to represent this situation, letting x represent the number of nickels and y represen

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Question 422955: Hi,
Marcos had 15 coins in nickels and quarters than nickels. He wrote a system of equations to represent this situation, letting x represent the number of nickels and y represent the number of quarters. Then he solved the system by graphing. What is the solution?
A)6,9
B)5,10
Thanks for your help, been really apreciated
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
There has to be a typo in the sentence "Marcos had 15 coins in nickels and quarters than nickels". I got the "15 coins in nickels and quarters" part, but the "quarters than nickels" part doesn't fit.