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Eight U.S. coins are worth a total of 38 cents. How many of the coins are dimes?

User Karelv
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Take off 3 of the pennies and the 5 that remain would be 3 nickels and 2 dimes

2 dimes=20 cents

3 nickels = 15 cents

3 pennies=3 cents

Or these 8 coins = 38 cents

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