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john has 4 times as many dimes as he dies nickels.Altogether he has 3.60 how many of each coin he have?

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Usually these problems state the NUMBER of total coins.
4D + N = 3.60

Anyway, with trial and error I found
32 dimes and 8 nickels
32*.10 = $3.20 dimes
8 * .05 = $ .40 nickels

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