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a vending machine has twice as many quarters in it as dollar bills. If the quarters and dollar bills have a combined value of 96.00 how many quarters are in the machine?
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a vending machine has twice as many quarters in it as dollar bills. If the quarters and dollar bills have a combined value of 96.00 how many quarters are in the machine?

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x=number of $
2x=number of quarters
x+.25(2x)=96
x+.50x=96
1.5x=96
(3/2)x=96
x=64
2x=128 quarters
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