Question

joe has a collection of nickles and dimes that is worth $3.95. if the number of dimes was doubled and the number of nickles was increased by 21, the value of the coins would be $8.40. How many nickles and dimes does he have? show all your work.
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Answer 1

5n + 10d = 395
5(n+21) + 10(2d) = 840

now just solve for n and d:

34 dimes
11 nickels