A man has 18 coins in his pocket, all of which are dimes and quarters. If the total value of his change is 360 cents, how many dimes and how many quarters does he have?
Your answer is
number of dimes equals________
number of quarters equals______

Question

A man has 18 coins in his pocket, all of which are dimes and quarters. If the total value of his change is 360 cents, how many dimes and how many quarters does he have? 
Your answer is 
number of dimes equals________      
number of quarters equals______

danjs · Answer

12 coins = quarters + dimes
360 cents = 25q + 10d

danjs · Answer

2 eq / 2 unk

danjs · Answer

18 coins in the first , i'm sorry

danjs · Answer

18 = q + d
360 = 25q + 10d

anonymous · Answer

thanks

anonymous · Answer

25x+10y=360                   25x+10y=360
x+y=18                           +-10x-10y=-180
    y=Dime                          15x=180
    x=Quarter                          x=12           Now plug in x to get y.