Anthony has a cup full of nickels and dimes that he would like to put in his savings account. When he takes the cup to the bank, the banker tells him that the 566 coins in the cup are worth $43.80.
Which of the following systems of equations models the coins in Anthony’s cup? Let n represent nickels, and d represent dimes.

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Anthony has a cup full of nickels and dimes that he would like to put in his savings account. When he takes the cup to the bank, the banker tells him that the 566 coins in the cup are worth $43.80.  
Which of the following systems of equations models the coins in Anthony’s cup? Let n represent nickels, and d represent dimes.

nikato · Answer

so u can sent up 2 equation.

n+d=566
0.05n+0.10d=43.80

do u see how i got those 2 equations?

anonymous · Answer

Yes! thank you so much

nikato · Answer

so by substituion, u should be able to find one of the variables and then just plug it back into one of the eqations, to solve for the other one

anonymous · Answer

Yeah i'm learning this in school i'm just not good with  word problems.

nikato · Answer

can u do the rest by urself and then tell me what u get? or do u want to go over together?

anonymous · Answer

Well originally the question was just asking how to set up the problem which you answered correctly. If you'd like to that's fine with me.

nikato · Answer

oh, i didnt really read it. but i can quickly go over it and u can try to follow along

anonymous · Answer

Sounds good.

nikato · Answer

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