SOLUTION: I have a pocket full of coins. One half of the coins are £1 coins.One third of the coins are 20p coins. The rest of the coins are 50p coins with a total of £1.50. What is the total

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Question 1086838: I have a pocket full of coins. One half of the coins are £1 coins.One third of the coins are 20p coins. The rest of the coins are 50p coins with a total of £1.50. What is the total value of my coins ?
Found 2 solutions by Fombitz, MathTherapy:
Answer by Fombitz(32388)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
D-number of pound coins
T-number of 20p coins
F-number of 50p coins
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3.

Substituting,

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Adding 4 and 5,


and finally,
Answer by MathTherapy(10549)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

I have a pocket full of coins. One half of the coins are £1 coins.One third of the coins are 20p coins. The rest of the coins are 50p coins with a total of £1.50. What is the total value of my coins ?
½ are £1 coins, and  are 20p coins, so , or  are 50p coins

With V being the total value of all coins, we get the following PROPORTION: 

 ------ Cross-multiplying

Total value of coins, or  

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