Question

You have a bunch of quarters and dimes but you don't know how many. You do know that the toal comes out to be $14.85. You also know that there are 2 times as many dimes as there are quarters. How many of each do you have?

Answer 1

Well the equation would be (.25x + .2x = 14.85)

Answer 2

Ok awesome! Where do I go from there?

Answer 3

Multiply both sides by 100 to get rid of the decimals

Answer 4

you should get 45x=1485

Answer 5

x= 33

Answer 6

What now?

Answer 7

Well, then you use the x value to determine the number of coins

Answer 8

So, 33 quarters and 66 dimes

Answer 9

since there is twice as many dimes

Answer 10

THANK YOU

Answer 11

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