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18 October, 13:40

Izzy is Iago's little sister. She is counting her coins. Izzy finds that she has three more quarters ($0.25) than she has dimes ($0.10), twice as many nickels ($0.05) as she has dimes, and four times as many pennies ($0.01) as she has dimes. With a total of $7.61 in coins, how many coins of each type does Izzy have?

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  1. 18 October, 13:48
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    Lzzy has three more quarters ($0.25) than she has dimes ($0.10), twice as many nickels ($0.05) as she has dimes, and four times as many pennies ($0.01) as she has dimes.

    Let us assume number of dimes = x.

    "Three more quarters than dimes" would be = (x+3) quarters.

    "Twice as many nickels as dimes " would be = (2x) nickels.

    "Four times as many pennies as dimes" would be = (4x) pennies.

    Total value of all coins = $7.61.

    We can setup an equation now.

    0.10*x + 0.25 (x+3) + 0.05 (2x) + 0.01 (4x) = 7.61.

    Let us simplify the equation.

    0.10x + 0.25x + 0.75 + 0.10x + 0.04x = 7.61

    0.49x + 0.75 = 7.61.

    Subtratcing 0.75 from both sides, we get

    0.49x = 6.86

    Dividing both sides by 0.49, we get

    x = 14.

    Therefore,

    Number of dimes = x = 14. Number of quarters = (x+3) = 14+3 = 17. Number of nickels = 2x = 2*14 = 28. Number of pennies = 4x = 4*14 = 56.
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