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5.5 Assignment Score: 3/7 3/7 answered • Question 6 Agustina has a change jar that contains $28.00 in half dollars and dimes. She has 15 times as many dimes as half dollars. How many of each type of coin does she have? She has half dollars. She has dimes.

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• Question 6
Agustina has a change jar that contains $28.00 in half dollars and dimes. She has 15 times as many
dimes as half dollars. How many of each type of coin does she have?
She has half dollars.
She has dimes.
        
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5.5 Assignment
Score: 3/7 3/7 answered
• Question 6
Agustina has a change jar that contains 28.00 in half dollars and dimes. She has 15 times as many
dimes as half dollars. How many of each type of coin does she have?
She has half dollars.
She has dimes.

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00:01 For this problem, we're given that the total collection of coins amounts to $15 .75.
00:06 Let's suppose n represents the number of nickels, d represents the number of dimes, and q represents the number of quarters.
00:18 Since a nickel costs or equals $0 .05, a dime is about $0 .10 and a quarter is about $0 .25, then we can say that 0 .05n plus 0 .10d plus 0 .25q equals 15 .75.
00:48 We're also given that it's just 10 more than dimes than nickels, then d must be 10 plus n or that n equals d minus 10.
01:04 And if she has twice as many quarters as dimes, then q must be equal to twice d...
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