SOLUTION: there are 18 coins consisting nickles and dimes the total is 1.25 how many nickles and dimes are there

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Question 843264: there are 18 coins consisting nickles and dimes the total is 1.25 how many nickles and dimes are there
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) About Me  (Show Source):
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Hi,

Let x represent the number of dimes

CENTS makes sense

 10x + 5(18-x) = 125¢

  10x - 5x + 90 = 125

     5x = 35

      x = 7, the number of dimes. There are 11 nickels    18-7