SOLUTION: Kendra has $3.85 in nickels and quarters. If she has 7 more quarters than nickels, how many of each coin does she have?

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Question 919506: Kendra has $3.85 in nickels and quarters. If she has 7 more quarters than nickels, how many of each coin does she have?
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Kendra has $3.85 in nickels and quarters. If she has 7 more quarters than nickels, how many of each coin does she have?
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The 7 extra quarters = $1.75.
385 - 175 = 210
The other coins are sets of 1Q and 1N are 30 cents each.
210/30 = 7 sets
---> 7 nickels and 14 quarters