document.write( "Question 815557: 1 roll of 5c worth 5$ how many pieces of 5c there is in the roll? how do you write it as an equation?
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Algebra.Com's Answer #491045 by Edwin McCravy(20078) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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document.write( "Let n represent the answer, the number of nickels in the roll.\r\n" );
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document.write( "$0.05n = $5.00\r\n" );
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document.write( "Drop the dollar marks\r\n" );
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document.write( " 0.05n =  5.00\r\n" );
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document.write( "Multiply both sides by 100 (move the decimals two places to the right)\r\n" );
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document.write( "    5n = 500\r\n" );
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document.write( "Divide both sides by 5\r\n" );
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document.write( "     = \r\n" );
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document.write( "Cancel the 5's on the left side of the equal sign and divide 500 by 5 on\r\n" );
document.write( "the right side:\r\n" );
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document.write( "     = 500÷5\r\n" );
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document.write( "      n = 100\r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "[You might point out that a standard roll of nickels is worth $2, not $5
\n" ); document.write( "and it contains 40 nickels not 100, so this is a much longer roll of nickels,
\n" ); document.write( " $\"2%261%2F2\"$ times as long as a standard roll.] \n" ); document.write( "

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