Problema Solution

A piggy bank contains nickels,dimes and quarters.There are four times ad many dimes as quarters and seven more nickels than dimes.The total value of all the coins is $5.45.How many dimes are in the bank?

Answer provided by our tutors

Let 'n', 'd', and 'q' stand for the number of nickels, dimes, and quarters. We can write:


d=4q

n=d+7

.05n+.10d+.25q=5.45


Using Algebrator to solve for 'd', 'n', and 'q', we get:

d=24

n=31

q=6