Question

ILL GIVE MEDAL AND A FAN!!! PLZ HELP ME
A collection of dimes and nickels is worth $9.50. There are 132 coins in all.

How many of each coin are there?

Answer 1

@AnswerMyQuestions please help

Answer 2

@AnswerMyQuestions you still there?

Answer 3

Not so sure...

Answer 4

this is so confusing to me... to me it seems like there is no way of knowing... but there might be...

Answer 5

Ikr?

Answer 6

@e.mccormick @myininaya

Answer 7

yeesh this is hard. im looking thru my math books, google, i just cant find it

Answer 8

ok dimes are .10
nickels are .05
we want to know how many .10+how many .05 equals 9.5
so let's translate this x(.10)+y(.05)=9.5
where x represents the number of dimes and y represents the number of nickels
we are also given that the amount of coins we have is 132
so that means we also have x+y=132
since x is the number of dimes and y is the number of nickels

Answer 9

ok, i think im with you so far...

Answer 10

so try to solve the system:
.1*x+.05*y=9.5
x+y=132

Answer 11

oh boy, lol ok gimmie a minute

Answer 12

if you don't like that first equation, I recommend getting rid of the decimals by multiply both sides by 100

Answer 13

ok,

Answer 14

you can write here step by step what you are doing
before you move on

Answer 15

you know so you don't do a lot of pointless work

Answer 16

ok, hold on, im doing the math in my head, its just taking a while...

Answer 17

so r there 60 dimes?

Answer 18

wait, 61?

Answer 19

I got something close to that.
But maybe I did something wrong.

Answer 20

yeah try writing your work here so i can see what went wrong

Answer 21

no wait 59,

Answer 22

im doing it all in my head. :D hang on i think i got it, if not, ill start writing it

Answer 23

omg im so close

Answer 24

I GOT IT!!!!!

Answer 25

58 DIMES AND 74 NICKELS!!!!

Answer 26

Great job!

Answer 27

58 x .10 = 5.8
74 x .05 = 3.7

5.8 + 3.7 = 9.5!!!

Answer 28

THANK YOU SO MUCH

Answer 29

no problem