In his piggy bank, Neil has three times as many dimes as nickels and he has four more quarters than nickels. The coins total are 4.60. How many of each coin does he have?

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Genesis Graham

28 March, 01:11

In his piggy bank, Neil has three times as many dimes as nickels and he has four more quarters than nickels. The coins total are 4.60. How many of each coin does he have?

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Darien Sherman · Answer 1

Set it up as an equation

d = dimes

n = nickles

q = quarters

3 times as many dimes as nickles:

d = 3n

4 more quaters than nickles:

n = q - 4

The total value of the coins are

4.60 = 0.10*d + 0.05*n + 0.25*q

You should be able to use these equations to solve the problem