Problema Solution

There are two times as many dimes as nickles, and the value of the dimes in $1.65 more than the value of the nickles. How many nickles and dimes total.

Answer provided by our tutors

1 dime= 10 cents

i nickel= 5 cents

total is 1650 cents

let no. of dime be x

n

no.of nickel be y

no. of dime is twice no.of nickel(given)

therefore,

2x=y

2x-y=0 (i)

sum of 1 dime n nickel is 15 cents

dividing the total money by 15 we get 66

that means there are 66 combination of nickel n dime

therefore there are 66 nickels n 132 dimes in $1.65