Asked by Michelle

NAdia has 7 more nickels than dean has dimes. If dean gives nadia 4 of his dimes, then dean will have the same value of money as nadia. how much money do they have together (nadia only has nickels and dean only has dimes)


ned has nickels, dick has dimes, and quincy has quarters. dick has five more dimes than quincy has quarters. if ned gives dick a nickel, dick gives quincy a dimes, and quincy gives ned a quarter, they will alll have the same value of money. How many coins did they have originally
Answered by drwls
Try to turn each of these problems into algebraic statements with the numbers of each type of coin as an unknown. There will be as many equations as types of coins. Solve the simultaneous equations for the answers.

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