Question 1002508: Celine had 140 coins consisting of nickles and pennies. The coins combined value comes to $4.20.Find out how many of each coin Celine has. Found 2 solutions by Boreal, josgarithmetic:Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! x=pennies
140-x=nickels
0.01x+(0.05)(140-x)=4.20
multiply both sides by 100
x+700-5x=4.20
-4x=-280
x=70
140-x=70
There are 70 of each
70 nickels are $3.50
70 pennies are $0.70
$4.20
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