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Trip has 15 coins worth 95 cents.Four of the coins are each worth twice as much as the rest. Construct a math argument to justify the conjecture that Trip has 11 nickels and 4 dimes

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(11*5)+(4*10)=95
11+4=15
Both are equal to the constraints of the word problem and there for justified.
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