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There are 12 nickels, dimes and quarters whose total value was 1.55 the number of nickles exceeds the number of quarters by 1, how many of each coin was there

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4 quarters = $1.00
5 nickels = $.25
3 dimes = $.30
$1.55
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.5x+.10y+.25z=1.55 or 5x+10y+25z=155
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