A collection of coins contains a total of sixteen dimes and quarters. It is worth $2.20 in all. How many dimes are in the collection?

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  12 dimes

Step-by-step explanation:

Let q represent the number of quarters. Then the number of dimes is 16-q and the total value is ...

  0.25q +0.10(16 -q) = 2.20

  0.15q +1.60 = 2.20 . . . . . . . simplify

  0.15q = 0.60 . . . . . . . . subtract 1.60

  q = 4 . . . . . . . . . . . divide by 0.15

  16-q = 12

There are 12 dimes in the collection.

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step-by-step explanation:

option a is correct.

step-by-step explanation:

scale factor: it is used to find proportional measurements.

proportions means having the same ratio.

scale factor is the ratio of the model measurement to the actual measurement in a simplest form.

or we can say that the ratio of any two corresponding lengths in two similar geometric figures

if the scale factor is more than 1, then it is an enlargement,

if the scale factor less than 1, then it is a reduction.

given the two geometric figure:

by definition of proportions, we have