SOLUTION: If you have 12$ in nickles and quarters if you have the same number of each kind of coin how many many nickles do you have

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Question 845240: If you have 12$ in nickles and quarters if you have the same number of each kind of coin how many many nickles do you have
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Hi, Previously Posted

 You Have The Same Number +highlight_green%28x%29 Of Each Kind Of Coin

CENTS makes sense

 25x + 5x = 1200 cents

    30x = 1200

     x = 40 of each coin

CHECKING our answer***

25%2A40+%2B+5%2A40+=+1000+%2B+200 = 1200cents 0r $12.00