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You have 10 coins, composed of nickels, dimes, and quarters, with a value of $.85. How many nickels, dimes, and quarters do you have?

User Chad Nouis
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So what you would do is
1 quarter
6 nickles and
3 dimes
and then you would
.25+.10+.10+.10+.5+.5+.5+.5+.5+.5=.85
User Sherika
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nickles - 0.05 cents
dimes - 0.10 cents
quarters - 0.25 cents

6 nickles = 0.30
3 dimes = 0.30
1 quarter = 0.25
User KevinLeng
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