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In a coin collection,the number of dimes is 6 more than twice the number of nickels if the collection has 36 dimes how many nickels are in the collection

In a coin collection,the number of dimes is 6 more than twice the number of nickels-example-1

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Answer:15 nickels


Explanation:

since the number of dimes is 6 more than twice the number of nickels we would subtract 6 for 6 more than. Then we would divide by 2 due to twice than and we we would get 15. Working Backwards




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