Sarah wants to find out how much time it would take to drive from her home to New York. At an average, she would drive at 55 mil
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<u>Answer:</u>
Nickels = 44.6
Dimes = 3.4
<u>Step-by-step explanation:</u>
We know that Jessica has 48 coins of which some are nickels and some are dimes so we can write it as:
n = amount of nickels
d = amount of dimes
--- (1)
We are to find the number of nickels and dimes if their total worth is $3.25.
Since a dime is worth 10¢ and a nickel is 5¢, so it should be:
--- (2)
From (1):
Substituting this value of in (2) to get:
Finding by substituting the value of
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