Question

Lillian has nickels, dimes, and quarters in her coin purse. She has 3 fewer dimes than quarters, and 3 times as many nickels as dimes. If she has a total of 33 coins, which of these is either the number of nickels, the number of dimes, or the number of quarters she has?

Answer 1

18 nickels, 6 dimes, and 9 quarters

Explanation:

nickels dimes and quarters

x y and z

x+y+z=33

y+3=z

3y=x

3y+y+y+3=33

5y+3=33

5y=30

y=6

z=9

x=18

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