SOLUTION: a man has twice as many nickles as pennies and 3 times as many dimes as pennies. he has a total of $1.23. How many of each coin does he have?
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: a man has twice as many nickles as pennies and 3 times as many dimes as pennies. he has a total of $1.23. How many of each coin does he have?
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Answer by edjones(8007) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let p be the number of pennies.
p+2p+3p
p+5*2p+10*3p=123
p+10p+30p=123
41p=123
41p/41=123/41
p=3
So, there are 3 pennies, 6 nickles ans 9 dimes.
Ed
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