The Athletic Committee collected $95 in loonies and toonies for the Terry Fox Run. They have ten more toonies than loonies. How many loonies and how many toonies did they collect?

Answer 1

Let's first represent the number of loonies collected as L and the number of toonies collected as T.

Given that the total amount collected was $95, we can create an equation:
1L + 2T = 95

We are also given that there were ten more toonies than loonies:
T = L + 10

Now we can substitute the second equation into the first equation:
1L + 2(L + 10) = 95
1L + 2L + 20 = 95
3L = 75
L = 25

Now that we have found the number of loonies, we can find the number of toonies:
T = L + 10
T = 25 + 10
T = 35

Therefore, the Athletic Committee collected 25 loonies and 35 toonies for the Terry Fox Run.