Kylie has $2.10 worth of nickels and dimes. She has a total of 24 nickels and dimes altogether. Graphically solve a system of equations in order to determine the number of nickels, x,x, and the number of dimes, y,y, that Kylie has.

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Answer:

Kylie has 6 Nickels and 18 dimes

Step-by-step explanation:

Variable definitions:

x=the number of nickels

y=the number of dimes

One nickel is worth $0.05, so x nickels are worth 0.05x. One dime is worth $0.10, so y dimes are worth 0.10y. The total 0.05x+0.10y equals $2.10:

0.05x + 0.10y = 2.10

Since she has a total of 24 coins, we know x+y must equal 24.

x + y = 24

Write System of Equations:

0.05x + 0.10y = 2.10

x + y =  24

Solve for y in each equation:

0.05x + 0.10y= 2.10         x + y = 24

0.10y = 0.05x + 2.10         y = -x + 24

0.10y = -0.05x + 2.10

0.10                0.10                

  y = -1/2x + 21

The x variable represents the number of nickels and the y variable represents the number of dimes. Since the lines intersect at the point (6,18) we can say:

Kylie has 6 Nickels and 18 dimes

We want to solve a system of equations to see how many nickels and dimes Kyle has. We will see that she has 6 nickels and 18 dimes.

Finding the system of equations:

First, let's define the variables, we will use:

  • x =  number of nickels
  • y = number of dimes.

We know that there are 24 coins, then:

x + y = 24

We know that the total whort of the coins is $2.10, then:

x*$0.05 + y*$0.10 = $2.10

Then the system of equations is:

x + y = 24

x*$0.05 + y*$0.10 = $2.10

Solving the system of equations.

Here we need to graph both equations and find where they do intercept, the graph of the system can be seen below:

We can see that the intersection is at the point (6, 18)

So this means that she has:

6 nickels and 18 dimes.

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