Question

A stack of nickles and dimes is worth $2.55. Find the number of nickles if the number of dimes is 12 less than twice the number of nickles.

Answer 1

let number of nickels be x
so number of dimes will be 2x -12
the entire stack is worth 2.55
so 5x + 10(2x - 12) = 2.55

solve for x

Answer 2

too much Delta 9-tetrahydrocannabinol

Answer 3

What?? And i still dont really understand @niravshah08

Answer 4

did u get the LET part ?

Answer 5

yeah

Answer 6

k so nickel is 5 cents and dime is 10 cents so u multiply numbre of nickels times 5 to get the amount of money and you do the same with dimes
so u get
5x + 10(2x - 12) = 255

Answer 7

I still dont understand

Answer 8

what part u dont get ?

Answer 9

All of it:(

Answer 10

k so the problem says "A stack of nickles and dimes is worth $2.55"
which means you have a nickels and dimes wholse value adds up to $2.55 which is also 255 cents
nickel has values of 5 and dime has value of 10

Answer 11

So nickles is 40?

Answer 12

40 nickles then?

Answer 13

no

Answer 14

Then i dont understand, could you maybe just tell me the answer just this once?

Answer 15

i could but try to understand the problem

Answer 16

lets say u have 10 nickels. how much money will u have then ?

Answer 17

50

Answer 18

n how did u get this ?

Answer 19

each nickle is 5 cents if we were to have 5 nickles it would be 25

Answer 20

yup so u multiplied number of nickels time 5
can u do the same thing with dimes ?