Homework Help: math

Posted by k on Monday, October 22, 2012 at 4:41pm.

grant's change rack contained $8.80 in quarters, dimes, and nickels. There were two more than five times as many nickels as quarters and four less than twice as many dimes as quarters. How many of each kind of coin was there in the change rack?

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math - Steve, Monday, October 22, 2012 at 6:06pm
translate the words to symbols:

25q + 10d + 5n = 880
n = 5q+2
d = 2q-4

n = 67
d = 22
q = 13

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