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Tim\"\"s bank contains quarters,dimes and nickels.

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He has three more dimes than quarter and \"\" fewer nickels than quater.

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If he has \"\" coins.

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Write and solve an equation to find how many quarters tim has.

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Find an equation.

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Let \"\" represents number of quarters he has.

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He has three more dimes than quarter is \"\".

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He has \"\" fewer nickels than quater, so the number of quarters nickel has \"\"

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His total coins is \"\".

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His total coins equal to the sum of the number of quarters, nickels and dimes.

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Sum of the \"\" and \"\" and \"\" equal sixty three.

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The equation is \"\".

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\"\"

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Find how many quarters tim has.

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\"\"         (Original equation)

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\"\"                              (Add common terms)

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\"\"                  (Add \"\" to each side)

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\"\"                                   (Apply additive inverse property: \"\")

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\"\"                              (Divide each side by \"\")

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\"\"                                     (Cancel common terms)

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Therefore, he has \"\" quarters.

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\"\"

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Check.

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\"\"          (Original equation)

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\"\"   (Substitute \"\" in the equation)

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\"\"                    (Add inside terms)

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\"\"                                    (Simplify)

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\"\"

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The equation is \"\".

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He has \"\" quarters.