Question

The number of quarters in John's collection is 10 more than five times the number of nickels in his collection John has 65 quarters in his collection. Which equation can be used to determine the number of nickels in johns collection

Answer 1

Explanation:

Let n represent the number of nickels that John has in his collection.

Let q represent the number of quarters that John has in his collection.

The number of quarters in John's collection is 10 more than five times the number of nickels in his collection. This can be expressed as

q = 5n + 10

If John has 65 quarters in his collection, the equation that can be used to determine the number of nickels in johns collection would be

5n + 10 = 65