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Ike's piggy bank contained only quarters and nickles. When he counted the money there was $21.65. If there were 121 more nickles than quarters, how many of each type of coin did Ike have in the bank?
7 years ago

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Reiny
number of quarters ---- x
number of nickels ------ x + 121

25x + 5(x+121) = 2165

solve for x
7 years ago

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