SOLUTION: A child's coin bank contains $1.52 in pennies and nickels. If the number of pennies is 32 less than 3 times the number of nickels, how many pennies are in the bank?
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Question 248699: A child's coin bank contains $1.52 in pennies and nickels. If the number of pennies is 32 less than 3 times the number of nickels, how many pennies are in the bank? Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source):
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p+5n=152
p=3n-32
substitute 3n-32 in the first equation for p
3n-32+5n=152
solve for n
then plug that number into either of the equations for n and get p
