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What is the value of n quarters expressed as dollars? dollars = quarters/4 n/4 or 0.25n

$3.75 in quarters and nickels in her car. The number of nickels is fifteen more than the number of quarters. How many of each type of coin does she have? Let the number of nickels be n, and the number of quarters be q. We know nickels are 0.05, and quarters are 0.25. We're given: n = q + 15...

A pile of coins, consisting of quarters and half dollars, is worth 11.75. If there are 2 more quarters than half dollars, how many of each are there? Let h be the number of half-dollars and q be the number of quarters. Set up two equations: (1) q = h + 2 (2) 0.25q + 0.5h = 11.75 Substitute (1)...