SOLUTION: The value of an uncircumcised "Mint State-65' 1950 Jefferson nickel minted in Denver is 7/5 the value a nickel minted in Philadelphia in similar condition. Together the total value
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Question 566840: The value of an uncircumcised "Mint State-65' 1950 Jefferson nickel minted in Denver is 7/5 the value a nickel minted in Philadelphia in similar condition. Together the total value of the two coins is $36. what is the value if each coin?
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Sorry it took so long to answer this one, but I had to pick myself up off of the floor. "uncircumcised" ??? I wasn't aware they did that to coins. Exactly what part of a coin is cut off when they circumcise one? You know those lists of "Dumb things people say"? You just made the list. This one may go viral. I can just imagine the floor of the US Mint littered with little foreskins from nickels, dimes, and quarters. I wonder who holds the position of Head Mohel for the US Treasury Department?
Let 
represent the value of the Philadelphia mint coin. Then 
is the value of the Denver mint coin. The sum of the two values is $36, so:
Solve for , then calculate
John
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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