Problema Solution

You have 15 coins in your pocket that are either quarters or nickels. They total 2 dollars and 75 cents. How many of each coins do you have?

Answer provided by our tutors

suppose x quarters  and y nickels

x + y = 15

25x + 5y = 275

 

solvign we get  x = 10        y = 5

 

Quarters   10

Nickels    5