Mary has 16 coins in her purse, all of which are nickels and dimes. If the total value of her change is 125
cents, how many nickels and how many dimes does she have?

Let x be the number of nickels and y be the number of dimes.

Write an equation that expresses the information in the sentence "A woman has 16 coins."______


Write an equation that expresses the information in the sentence "The total value of change is 125 cents." ________

Solve the system you have written above.


The number of nickels, x is ____
. The number of dimes, y is_____