Kevin and randy muise have a jar containing 73 ? coins, all of which are either quarters or nickels. the total value of the coins in the jar is ? $ 8.45. how many of each type of coin do they? have?

24 quarters and 49 nickels

Step-by-step explanation:

This situation has two unknowns - the total number of nickels and the total number of quarters. Because we have two unknowns, we will write a system of equations with two equations using the two unknowns.

We write the first equation in terms of q by subtracting it across the equal sign to get n=73-q. We now substitute this for n in the second equation.

0.05(73-q)+0.25q=8.45

3.65-0.05q+0.25q=8.45

3.65+0.20q=8.45

After simplifying, we subtract 3.65 across and divide by the coefficient of q.

0.20q=4.8

q=24

We now know of the 73 coins that 24 are quarters. To find the number of nickels, we subtract 24 from 73 and get 49 nickels.

step-by-step explanation:

the multiplicative inverse of a fraction a/b is b/a. for the multiplicative inverse of a real number, divide 1 by the number. for example, the reciprocal of 5 is one fifth 1/5 or 0.2, and the reciprocal of 0.25 is 1 divided by 0.25, or 4.