Question 1002116
Going through just THIS part:


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There are three times as many quarters as there are dimes, and 85 more nickels than dimes. 
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q quarters 
d dimes
n nickels


But you could write 1 equation in 1 variable:
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QUARTERS        3d
DIMES            d
NICKELS          d+85
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