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Diane has $1.85 in dimes and nickels. She has a total of 24 coins. How many of each kind does she have? how many nickles? how many dimes?
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Diane has $1.85 in dimes and nickels. She has a total of 24 coins. How many of each kind does she have?

how many nickles?
how many dimes?

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Let the nickels be x and the dimes be y
x + y = 24
5x + 10y = 185
5x + 5y = 120
5y = 65
y=13
x=11
Answer: 11 nickels and 5 dimes
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