Connor has $9.00 in dimes and quarters. If he has twice as many quaters as dimes, how many of each coin does he have?
2 answers:
So since we have a relationship between quarters and dimes, let's use dimes=d
This says that dimes(0.1 dollars) and twice as many dimes(quarters so 0.25) is 9 dollars. So it is
Combining we get
Dividing by 0.6 we get
Since there are twice as many quarters as dimes, the answer is 15 dimes and 30 quarters.
This says that dimes(0.1 dollars) and twice as many dimes(quarters so 0.25) is 9 dollars. So it is
Combining we get
Dividing by 0.6 we get
Since there are twice as many quarters as dimes, the answer is 15 dimes and 30 quarters.
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