document.write( "Question 411981: kim falgout's daughter, madeline, has a piggy bank with 64 coins. some are quarters,and the rest are half- dollars. if the total value of the coins is $20.00, how many of each denomination does she have?
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document.write( "1) how many quarters are in her piggy bank?
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document.write( "2) how many half- dollars are in her bank? \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #289463 by emargo19(101)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! Madeline has total of 64 coins. \n" ); document.write( "Number of coins: \n" ); document.write( "x = number of Quaters \n" ); document.write( "64-x = number of half dollars. \r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Value in cents: \n" ); document.write( "25x = Number of cents in quarters \n" ); document.write( "50(64-x) = number of cents in half dollars\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Remember that everything has to be changed to cents. So $20.00 has to be changed to cents by multiplying with 100. $20.00 = 20 * 100 = 2000 cents.\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "She has 48 Quarters and 16 Half-dollars. \n" ); document.write( " |