A large coin jar contains 369 coins, which are a mixture of pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters. There are 3 times as many pennies as dimes, and two and one-half times as many quarters as dimes. If the change in the jar is worth $38.23, how many dimes are there?

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anonymous · Answer

we can do it, but did you try to make an equation to solve?  maybe call the number of dimes $x$ since that is what you need to solve for