SOLUTION: A jar is filled with pennies and nickels. If there are 33 nickels in the jar and the jar holds $2.20, what is the ratio of pennies to nickels?

Question 1061171: A jar is filled with pennies and nickels. If there are 33 nickels in the jar and the jar holds $2.20, what is the ratio of pennies to nickels?
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A jar is filled with pennies and nickels. If there are 33 nickels in the jar and the jar holds $2.20, what is the ratio of pennies to nickels?
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The amount by pennies is

$2.20 - $0.05*33 = $0.55.

Hence, the number of pennies is 55.


Then the ratio under the question is  = .

Solved.

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