SOLUTION: if you have 35 coins, pennies, dimes and quarters, how many of each to total $3.68 You have the same number of pennies and dimes.

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Question 991258: if you have 35 coins, pennies, dimes and quarters, how many of each to total $3.68
You have the same number of pennies and dimes.
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is the number of pennies and also the number of dimes. is the number of quarters. The total number of coins is 35, so:



Pennies are worth 1 cent, dimes are worth 10 cents and quarters are worth 25 cents. The total amount of money is 368 cents, so:



Solve the 2X2 system for to find the number of pennies and the number of dimes, and to find the number of quarters.

John

My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it