SOLUTION: Tom has 15 pennies in his pocket five eigths of his coins are pennies. How many coins he has

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Question 1026224: Tom has 15 pennies in his pocket five eigths of his coins are pennies. How many coins he has
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Tom has 15 pennies in his pocket. Five eigths of his coins are pennies. How many coins he has
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So, the condition says that 15 pennies are 5%2F8 of all coins.

Hence, 1%2F8 is 3 pennies, and then the total number of pennies is 24.