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lilli has $3.65 comprised of quarters and dimes floating on the bottom of her bag she has five more dimes than twice her quarters how many each type of coin does she have? lol pls help

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Answer:

7 quaters and 19 dimes

Explanation:

Let say x the numbers of quaters,

2*x+5 the numbers of dimes

In cents,: 25*x+10*(2x+5)=365

25x+20x+50=365

45x=365-50

45x=315

x=7

Number of quaters: 7

Number of dimes: 2*7+5=19

Proof:

7*25+10*19=365

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