Question

Thomas collects dimes and quarters in his change jar. If he has 7 more dimes than quarters, and the total amount of money in the jar is $27.30, find the number of each type of coin in the jar.

Answer 1

Answer:

76 quarters and 83 dimes

Step-by-step explanation:

From the information given, you can write the following equations considering that a quarter represents $0.25 and a dime $0.10:

y=x+7 (1)

0.25x+0.10y=27.30 (2)

x is the number of quarters

y is the number of dimes

Now, you can replace (1) in (2):

0.25x+0.10(x+7)=27.30

0.25x+0.10x+0.7=27.30

0.35x=27.30-0.7

0.35x=26.6

x=26.6/0.35

x=76

Then, you can replace the value of x in (1) to find the value of y:

y=76+7

y=83

According to this, the answer is that there are 76 quarters and 83 dimes in the jar.