SOLUTION: Fifteen of the coins in Jillian's purse are pennies. She removed all of the coins from her purse and put them into her piggy bank. There are now a total of 75 coins in her piggy ba
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Question 1071011: Fifteen of the coins in Jillian's purse are pennies. She removed all of the coins from her purse and put them into her piggy bank. There are now a total of 75 coins in her piggy bank. Two-thirds of the coins in the piggy bank are pennies how many pennies were there in the piggy bank before Jillian added the coins from her purse. Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Fifteen of the coins in Jillian's purse are pennies.
She removed all of the coins from her purse and put them into her piggy bank. There are now a total of 75 coins in her piggy bank.
Two-thirds of the coins in the piggy bank are pennies *75 = 50 pennies
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how many pennies were there in the piggy bank before Jillian added the coins from her purse.
She put 15 pennies in the purse, therefore
50 - 15 = 35 pennies