SOLUTION: a stack of pennies and dimes has a totalvalue of 2.31. how many dimes are in the stack if there are twice as many dimes as pennies

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Question 612492: a stack of pennies and dimes has a totalvalue of 2.31. how many dimes are in the stack if there are twice as many dimes as pennies
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Hi, 

twice as many dimes as pennies

Let x and 2x represent number of pennies and dimes respectively:

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 10(2x)+ x = 231

       21x = 231

         x = 11, number of pennies.  there are 22 Dimes

And:

 $2.20 + $.11 = $2.31