document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=620589>Question 620589</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I have some change (pennies, nickels, and dimes) in my pocket. Fourteen of the coins are dimes, 25% of them are nickels, and five-ninths of them are pennies. What is the total value of my change? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( " Fourteen of the coins are dimes, 25% of them are nickels, and five-ninths of them are pennies.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " What is the total value of my change?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let p = no. of pennies<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let n = no. of nickels<BR>\n" );
document.write( "no. of dimes given as 14<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let t = total number of coins<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Find the total number coins first<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "\"25% of them are nickels,\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "n = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2F4 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2F4\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >t<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "\"five-ninths of them are pennies.\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "p = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=5%2F9 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"5%2F9\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >t<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "t = p + n + 14<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Replace p and n<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=5%2F9 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"5%2F9\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >t + <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2F4 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2F4\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >t + 14<BR>\n" );
document.write( "multiply by 36 to clear the denominators, results<BR>\n" );
document.write( "36t = 4(5t) + 9t + 36(14)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "36t = 20t + 9t + 504<BR>\n" );
document.write( "36t = 29t + 504<BR>\n" );
document.write( "36t - 29t = 502<BR>\n" );
document.write( "7t = 504<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t = 504/7<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t = 72 coins<BR>\n" );
document.write( "then<BR>\n" );
document.write( "p = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=5%2F9 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"5%2F9\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >(72)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "p = 40 pennies<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and<BR>\n" );
document.write( "n = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2F4 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2F4\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >(72)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "n = 18 nickels<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "\" What is the total value of my change?\"<BR>\n" );
document.write( "V = .01(40) + .05(18) + .10(14)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "V = .40 + .90 + 1.40<BR>\n" );
document.write( "V = $2.70<BR>\n" );
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