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Question 450659: There were 16 more nickels than dimes in the purse. if there were 100 coins total, how many nickels were there?
Please answer my question this would be very helpful to me. Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! There were 16 more nickels than dimes in the purse. if there were 100 coins total, how many nickels were there?
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Equations:
Quantity Eq::: n + d = 100
Quantity Eq::: n = d + 16
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Substitute for "n" and solve for "d":
d+16 + d = 100
2d = 84
d = 42 (# of dimes)
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Solve for "n":
n = d + 16
n = 42+16
n = 58 (# of nickels)
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Stan H.
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