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Jeff has $1.35 in nickles and dimes. He has a total of 15 coins. How many of each coin does he have?

 Mar 17, 2020
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x = nickels                          value  .05 x

d = dimes = (15-x)              value  .10 (15-x)      the values summed = 1.35

 

.05x        +    .10 (15-x )        =   1.35       solve for 'x' the # nickels        then dimes  =   15-x

 Mar 17, 2020

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