SOLUTION: Anna has 50 coins in her piggy bank. She notices that she only has dimes and pennies. If she has exactly four times as many pennies as dimes, how many pennies are in her piggy bank

SOLUTION: Anna has 50 coins in her piggy bank. She notices that she only has dimes and pennies. If she has exactly four times as many pennies as dimes, how many pennies are in her piggy bank

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Question 1152273: Anna has 50 coins in her piggy bank. She notices that she only has dimes and pennies. If she has exactly four times as many pennies as dimes, how many pennies are in her piggy bank?
Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x are dimes
4x are pennies
their sum is 50
5x=50
x=10 dimes, so 4x=40 pennies ANSWER
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