SOLUTION: Hi Terence and winnie had a total of 27 coins.when terence gave winnie 1/4 of his coins, she had twice as many coins as him. Winnie the found out that she had twice as many 20cent

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Question 1097891: Hi
Terence and winnie had a total of 27 coins.when terence gave winnie 1/4 of his coins, she had twice as many coins as him. Winnie the found out that she had twice as many 20cent coins as 10cent coins.how much money did she have at the end.
Thanks

Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, MathTherapy:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39628)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Terence and winnie had a total of 27 coins.when terence gave winnie 1/4 of his coins, she had twice as many coins as him.
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Originally, Terence had 24 coins and Winnie had 3 coins.


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...she had twice as many coins as him.
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Terence:
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Winnie:
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{These seem to be wrong according to the description.}


If Winnie had the nine-coin count after the transfer, then
v, twentycent coins
d, tencent coins

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After the transfer,
Winnie had 6 of the twenty cent coins and 3 of the ten cent coins:
150 cents.

Answer by MathTherapy(10556)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Hi
Terence and winnie had a total of 27 coins.when terence gave winnie 1/4 of his coins, she had twice as many coins as him. Winnie the found out that she had twice as many 20cent coins as 10cent coins.how much money did she have at the end.
Thanks
Originally, Terrence and Winnie DID NOT HAVE 24 and 3 coins, respectively. The answer is WRONG/INCORRECT/RIDICULOUS! 
Having said that, and using the correct number of 20c and 10c coins she had, we find that she had: in the end.
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