document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=807964>Question 807964</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> In a jar of coins in which 35% of the coins are pennies, 50% of the pennies were minted before 1975. If there are 245 pennies minted before 1975 in the jar, what is the total number of coins in the jar? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "That is half of the 35%.  I see no other formal way to handle the problem, but working with this first fact, 35% of the coins in the jar is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2%2A245=490 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2%2A245=490\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > pennies.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Knowing that 490 is 35 percent of Quantity of Coins, this becomes a typical beginners elementary basic math question.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Q for how many coins in the jar,<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight%28Q=1400%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight%28Q=1400%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >-------------1400 coins </SPAN>\n" );
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