Question 1162226
Sue has $1.60 in dimes and nickels. If she has 7 more dimes than nickels, how many of each coin does she have?
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Set the "extra" 7 dimes aside.
then she has pairs of nickels & dimes worth 15 cents each and a total of 90 cents.
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90/15 = 6 pairs
---> 6 nickels and 13 dimes