Jamil always throws loose change into a pencil holder on his desk and takes it out every two weeks. This time it is all nickels and dimes. There are 7 times as many dimes as nickels, and the value of the dimes is $5.85 more than the value of the nickels. How many nickels and dimes does Jamil have?

Jamil always throws loose change into a pencil holder on his desk and takes it out every two weeks. This time it is all nickels and dimes. There are 7 times as many dimes as nickels, and the value of the dimes is $5.85 more than the value of the nickels. How many nickels and dimes does Jamil have?

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Jamil always throws loose change into a pencil holder on his desk and takes it out
every two weeks. This time it is all nickels and dimes. There are 7 times as many
dimes as nickels, and the value of the dimes is $5.85 more than the value of the
nickels. How many nickels and dimes does Jamil have?

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