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Julio has $\$ 2.75$ in his pocket in nickels and dimes. The number of dimes is 10 less than twice the number of nickels. Find the number of each type of coin.
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According to the problem, the number of dimes is 10 less than twice the number of nickels, so we can represent the number of dimes as $2X - 10$. Show more…
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