SOLUTION: In your pocket there are fifty-five coins, consisting one peso and fifty centavo pieces amOunting to 36. how many coins of eaCh kind are there?

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Question 1005779: In your pocket there are fifty-five coins, consisting one peso and fifty centavo pieces amOunting to 36. how many coins of eaCh kind are there?
Answer by CubeyThePenguin(3113) About Me  (Show Source):
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p = number of one peso coins
f = number of 50 centavo coins

p + f = 55
p + 0.5f = 36

Subtract to get 0.5f = 19, or f = 38.

There are 38 50-centavo coins and 17 one-peso coins.