Question 62530
A big jar contains four times as many quaters as pennies, three times as many nickels as dimes, and twice as many pennies as nickels. There are only pennies, nickels, dimes and quaters in this jar. THe total amount in the jar is 25.24 find th number of pennies, nickels, dimes and quaters in this jar. 
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Let number of nickels be "x": Value of these is 5x cents
Number of pennies is "2x" : Value of these is 2x cents
Numper of dimes is "x/3": Value of these is 10(x/3)cents
Number of auarters is "8x":Value of these is 25(8x)=200x cents
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EQUATION:
value + value+value+value = 2524 cents
5x+2x+(10x/3)+200x=2524
15x+6x+10x+600x=3*2524
631x=3*2524
x=12 (number of nickels.
2x=24 (number of pennies)
x/3=4 (number of dimes)
8x=96 (number of quarters)
Cheers,
Stan H.