Question

-. A collection of 40 coins is made up of nickels and dimes and is worth $2.60. Find how many were

quarters and how many were nickels.

Answer 1

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Answer:

• 0 quarters
• 28 nickels

Explanation:

Let d represent the number of dimes. Then 40-d is the number of nickels. The value is ...

0.10d +0.05(40 -d) = 2.60

0.05d = 0.60 . . . . . subtract 2.00

d = 0.60/0.05 = 12 . . . . . the number of dimes

40 -d = 40 -12 = 28 . . . . .the number of nickels

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There are 0 quarters. There are 28 nickels.