A boy has three more nickels than dimes. If he were to spend three of his nickels as dimes, he would have spent a quarter of his money . How many nickels does he have ?
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We know from the problem that he has three more nickels than dimes. So, we can write this relationship as: \[n = d + 3\] Show more…
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