SOLUTION: 1. A piggy bank has 250 pieces of assorted coins, 3/4 of which are 10.00 peso coins. The other coins are 5.00 peso, 1.00 peso and .25 cents coins, in the proportion of 3:4:3.Since

SOLUTION: 1. A piggy bank has 250 pieces of assorted coins, 3/4 of which are 10.00 peso coins. The other coins are 5.00 peso, 1.00 peso and .25 cents coins, in the proportion of 3:4:3.Since

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Question 162721: 1. A piggy bank has 250 pieces of assorted coins, 3/4 of which are 10.00 peso coins. The other coins are 5.00 peso, 1.00 peso and .25 cents coins, in the proportion of 3:4:3.Since the owner finds out that .25 cents coins can easili comes out from the piggy hole he decided to extract all these .25 coins. What is the total amount saved?
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
of 250 is not an integer (187.5). What gives here?
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