*Will give medal and fan!* A pocket contains nickels and dimes. The value of the coins is 90 cents. The number of nickels is 2 less than 3 times the number of dimes. How many nickels are in the pocket?

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*Will give medal and fan!*  A pocket contains nickels and dimes.  The value of the coins is 90 cents.  The number of nickels is 2 less than 3 times the number of dimes. How many nickels are in the pocket?

danjs · Answer

The trick here is translating all those words into equations

danjs · Answer

what variable names do you want to give nickle and dime

danjs · Answer

Total Coins = Nickles + Dimes

Total Value = Nickles x 5 cents each  + Dimes x 10 cents each

danjs · Answer

what other information is given?

danjs · Answer

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