Answer:
here are 3 times as many boys as girls in a room. If 4 boys and four girls leave the room, then there will be 5 times as many boys as girls in the room. In total, how many boys and girls were in the room originally?
8 girls
24 boys
Answer:
The child has 6 dimes and 5 quarters.
Step-by-step explanation:
Let q and d represent the number of quarters and of dimes respectively.
Then q + d = 11 (Equation A), and ($0.25/quarter)q + ($0.10/dime)d = $1.85 (Equation B).
Multiply the 2nd equation by 100 to remove the decimal fractions:
25q + 10d = 185 (Equation C)
Now multiply the 1st equation by -10 to obtain -10q - 10d = -110 (Equation D), and combine this result with Equation C:
-10q - 10d = -110
25q + 10d = 185
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15q = 75, and so q = 75/15 = 5.
According to Equation A, q + d = 11. Replacing q with 5, we get:
5 + d = 11, and so d = 6.
The child has 6 dimes and 5 quarters.
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