SOLUTION: Pete has $8.60 in nickels and quarters. He has 32 coins in all. How many of each coin
does he have?
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Question 1166934: Pete has $8.60 in nickels and quarters. He has 32 coins in all. How many of each coin
does he have?
Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, ikleyn:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39630) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Subtract one from the other to find q:
-------------NO. NO.
Try differently:
-------------NO.
If all the 32 coins were quarters, that would give 0.25*32=8.00 dollars, less than the given amount of money;
Recheck your problem description.
Answer by ikleyn(52890) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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It is a FAKE problem, where its author tries to sell you an IMPOSSIBLE (SELF -C ONTRADICTORY) situation.
Even 32 quarters do not make $8.60 --- they make only $8.00.
Learn how to recognize such fake problems from the very beginning (!)
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