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A piggy bank contains $5.60 in nickels and dimes. The number of nickles is 8 less than 3 times the dimes. How many nickles and dimes are in there in the piggy bank?
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A piggy bank contains $5.60 in nickels and dimes. The number of nickles is 8 less than 3 times the dimes. How many nickles and dimes are in there in the piggy bank?

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x = 24, the number of Dimes. Nickels 64
And...checking
240 + 320 = 560 0r $5.60
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