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Alexa has some dimes and some quarters. She has a minimum of 28 coins worth a maximum of $5.05 combined. If Alexa has 17 quarters, determine all possible values for the number of dimes that she could have. Your answer should be a comma separated list of values. If there are no possible solutions, submit an empty answer.

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Answer:

if she has 17 quarters, the money of it would be $4.25.

$5.05 - 4.25$ = $0.80

=> 8 dimes

=> she have 17 quarters and 8 dimes

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Answer: There is no solution

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