Question

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Susan has a collection of 48 nickles and dimes. If the number of nickles is three times the number of dimes, how many nickles and how many dimes dose she have?

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Answer 1

12 dimes and 36 nickels

Explanation:

Let number of dimes be x. Since the number of nickles is three times the number of dimes, the number of nickels is 3x. There are a total of 48 coins, so number of nickels + number of dimes = 3x + x = 4x = 48 -> x =12. So she has 12 dimes and 3(12) = 36 nickels.

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