Question

88 coins are worth $14.80

the coins are nickels and quarters.

how many nickels and how many quarters?

Answer 1

okay lets see 14.80 divided by 5 (nickels) is 269.... so we need to group nickels into groups of five until there are only 88 coins

Answer 2

... right mr.billj5

Answer 3

I don't know fancy math
vocabulary

Answer 4

oh you don't need the actual answer?

Answer 5

there is only one solution

Answer 6

I think

Answer 7

ok, yes i don't care so much for the answer just how you set up the system?

Answer 8

oh...yeah can help you there im sorry

Answer 9

ah, ty, yes im very bad at algebra

Answer 10

let no. of nickels=x
no. of quarters=y
x+y=88 ...(1)
.05 x+0.25 y=14.80
5x+25y=1480
x+5y=296 ...(2)
(2)-(1) gives
4y=296-88=208
y=52
x=88-52=36

Answer 11

@surjithayer ty, but i dont understand this

Answer 12

@surjithayer can you please explain it to me

Answer 13

nvm, got it ty

Answer 14

one nickel=5 cents
x nickels=5x cents=0.05 x dollars
one quarter=25 cents
y quarters=25 y cents=0.25 y dollars
now x+y=88
and 0.05 x+0.25 y=14.80

Answer 15

thank you :)