Antonio has a change jar that contains $3.65 in half dollars and nickels. He has 7 more nickels than

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    Antonio has a change jar that contains $3.65 in half dollars and nickels. He has 7 more nickels than half dollars. How many of each type of coin does he have?

    Let h be half dollars
    Let n be nickels

    We're given two equations:
    1. n = h + 7
    2. 0.5h + 0.05n = 3.65
    Substitute equation (1) into equation (2) for n:
    0.5h + 0.05(h + 7) = 3.65

    To solve this equation for h, we type it in our search engine and we get:
    h = 6

    To get n, we substitute h = 6 into equation (1) above:
    n = 6 + 7
    n = 13
     

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