SOLUTION: When the piggy bank was opened it contained $4.75 in nickels and pennies. IF there were 175 coins in all, how many were nickels and how many were pennies?
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Question 948393: When the piggy bank was opened it contained $4.75 in nickels and pennies. IF there were 175 coins in all, how many were nickels and how many were pennies?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The money equation,
5n+p=475
Revised system simplified,
Easiest way to continue is subtract the coin count equation from the money count equation...
Do the rest.
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