Question 1097342
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Let  N be the number of nickels.

Then the number of dimes is (N+5), and the number of quarters is 4N


    (in English, "There are 3 times more quarters than nickels" means that 
                 there are 4 times as many quarters as nickels  (!!!) ).


So, your equation is

5N + 10(N+5) + 25*(4N) = 1040   cents.


5N + 10N + 50 + 100N = 1040  ====>

115N = 1040-50 = 990  ====>  N = {{{990/115}}}  <U>is not an integer</U>.


Which means that your condition/problem/formulation is  <U>DEFECTIVE</U>.



     The cause is that you don't know that in English

     "There are 3 times more quarters than nickels" means that "there are 4 times as many quarters as nickels".
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