Your piggy bank has a total of 46 coins in it; some are dimes and some are quarters. If you have a total of $7.00, how many quarters and how many dimes do you have?

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anonymous · Answer

@whpalmer4

nurali · Answer

25q + 10(46 - q) = 700
5q + 2(46 - q) = 140
5q + 92 - 2q = 140
3q = 48
q = 16

No. of dimes:
46 - 16
30

16 quarters & 30 dimes

whpalmer4 · Answer

@Nurali's work is correct; I personally would have let you do some of the work and some more of the learning, too! :-)

anonymous · Answer

Thank You!!! @whpalmer4 @Nurali

nurali · Answer

My Pleasure.