SOLUTION: Fifteen of the coins in Jillian's purse are pennies. She removed all of the coins from her purse and put them into her piggy bank. There are now a total of 75 coins in her piggy ba

Question 1071011: Fifteen of the coins in Jillian's purse are pennies. She removed all of the coins from her purse and put them into her piggy bank. There are now a total of 75 coins in her piggy bank. Two-thirds of the coins in the piggy bank are pennies how many pennies were there in the piggy bank before Jillian added the coins from her purse.
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Fifteen of the coins in Jillian's purse are pennies.
She removed all of the coins from her purse and put them into her piggy bank. There are now a total of 75 coins in her piggy bank.
Two-thirds of the coins in the piggy bank are pennies
*75 = 50 pennies
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how many pennies were there in the piggy bank before Jillian added the coins from her purse.
She put 15 pennies in the purse, therefore
50 - 15 = 35 pennies
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