SOLUTION: Shelby collected nickels and pennies. She has a total of 198 coins. She has 5 times as many pennies as nickels. How many of each coin does she have?

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Question 1010578: Shelby collected nickels and pennies. She has a total of 198 coins. She has 5 times as many pennies as nickels. How many of each coin does she have?
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Shelby collected nickels and pennies. She has a total of 198 coins. She has 5 times as many pennies as nickels. How many of each coin does she have?
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Each set of 5 pennies & 1 nickel = 6 coins
198/6 = 33 sets
--> 165 pennies & 33 nickels