SOLUTION: Armand and Benito want to go to the camp store to buy snack for their hike. They pull the change out of their pockets and find that they have a total of $2.50. Benito notices that

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Question 436125: Armand and Benito want to go to the camp store to buy snack for their hike. They pull the change out of their pockets and find that they have a total of $2.50. Benito notices that they have twice as many dimes as they have nickels and two more quarters than nickels. Find out how many nickels, dimes, and quarters they have to spend on their snacks.
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nickels x
dimes 2x
quarters x+2

Value= 250

5x+20x+ 25x+50=250
50x=200
50x=200
50x=200
/50
x=4 nickels-----4*5=20
8 dimes ------- 8*10= 80
6 quarters ----6*25=150