Question 58389: In his pocket Chip has 4 more dimes than quarters. If the quarters and dimes total $2.85, how many quarters and dimes does he have? Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! In his pocket Chip has 4 more dimes than quarters. If the quarters and dimes total $2.85, how many quarters and dimes does he have?
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Let number of quarters be "x"; value of these is 25x cents
Number of dimes is "x+4"; value of these is 10(x+4)=10x+40 cents
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EQUATION:
value + value = 285 cents
25x+10x+40=285
35x=245
x= 7 (number of quarters)
x+4 = 11 (number of dimes)
Cheers,
Stan H.
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