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A girl has $3.35 in her pocket, consisting of dimes and quarters. If there are 23 coins in all, how many of each does she have?

User Guy Blanc
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Answer:

25x + 10(23-x) = 335

solve for x

Explanation:

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User Muhqu
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Answer:

d + q = 23

10d + 25q = 335

10d + 10q = 230

15q = 105

q = 7

The girl has 16 dimes and 7 quarters.

User Yukti Kamra
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