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Please help ASAP! Math word problem

Every evening Jenna empties her pockets and puts her change in a jar. At the end of the week she counts her money. One week she had 50 coins, all of them dimes and quarters. When she added them up, she had a total of $10.25

Let D = number of dimes and Q = number of quarters

How many dimes did Jenna Have?

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the answer is 35 quarters and 15 dimes

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Jenna has 35 Quarters and 15 Dimes.

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