if she has 3 quarters, that amounts to 75 cents. The question states that the amount of nickles is the (the number of quarters) + 2, with this thought in mind, she would have 5 nickles, each worth 5 cents each, equaling out to 25 cents. the original 75 cents of the quarters and now the 25 cents from the nickels equals 100 cents (A dollar)
