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Chapter 3: Q. 3.52 (page 340)

Liliana has $2.10 in nickels and quarters in her backpack. She has 12 more nickels than quarters. How many coins of each type does she have?

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Liliana has 17nickels and 5quarters in her backpack.

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01

Step 1. Given information.

Consider the given question,

Liliana has 12more nickels than quarters.

We know, the value of a nickels is localid="1647109290873" $0.05and the value of quarters is localid="1647109292642" $0.25. The total value of all the coins is localid="1647109294933" $2.10.

Assume nand qto be the number of nickels and quarters.

localid="1647109297681" q=n-12

Make the table,

02

Step 2. Form the equation.

Consider the table, we can see,

0.25n-12+0.05n=2.100.25n-3+0.05n=2.10.3n=5.1n=17

Then,

q=17-12q=5

Therefore, the number of nickels is 17and the number of quarters is5.

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