Question

Nevaeh has $0.80 worth of nickels and dimes. She has a total of 11 nickels and dimes altogether. Graphically solve a system of equations in order to determine the number of nickels, x,x, and the number of dimes, y,y, that Nevaeh has.

Answer 1

Answer: We can set up a system of equations to represent this problem. The first equation represents the total value of the nickels and dimes in terms of the number of nickels and dimes that Nevaeh has:

0.05x + 0.1y = 0.80

The second equation represents the total number of nickels and dimes that Nevaeh has in terms of the number of nickels and dimes that she has:

x + y = 11

To graphically solve this system of equations, we can use the slope-intercept form of the linear equations.

y = -2x + 22

y = -1/2 x + 8

The solution would be the point where the lines intersect , which x = 4, and y = 7 .

So she has 4 nickels, and 7 dimes.

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