SOLUTION: If you were faced with bags of coins that weighed the same, which bag would you take: pennies, nickles, dimes or quarters? Which bag contains more money? A penny weighs 3.09g, a

Question 260894: If you were faced with bags of coins that weighed the same, which bag would you take: pennies, nickles, dimes or quarters? Which bag contains more money? A penny weighs 3.09g, a nickel weighs 4.88g, a dime weighs 2.25g and a quarter weighs 5.68g.
Answer by checkley77(12844) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
.01/3.09=.0032362 value per gram for the penny
.05/4.88=.0102459 for the nickel
.10/2.25=.0444444 for the dime [the best deal]
.25/5.68=.044014 for the quarter
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