Brody has $0.20 worth of pennies and nickels. He has 5 times as many pennies
as nickels.
Oh I get it, Brody has $0.20 worth of pennies and $0.20 worth of nickels.
So he has 20 pennies and 4 nickels, 20 cents worth of each. Indeed that IS 5
times as many pennies as nickels. Hahaha!
And then, when you asked:
Determine three ways to have 5 times as many pennies as nickels
You aren't necessarily talking about Brody. Anybody else could have:
1. what Brody had, 4 nickels and 20 pennies.
2. what somebody else could have, 2 nickels and 10 pennies.
3. what somebody else could have, 3 nickels and 15 pennies.
I thought at first you meant that he had $0.20 worth of pennies and nickels
together!!
So here's what I posted before it occurred me what you meant:
p = 5n
0.01p + 0.05n = 0.20
Substitute 5n for p:
0.01(5n) + 0.05n = 0.20
0.05n + 0.05n = 0.20
0.10n = 0.20
n = 0.20/0.10
n = 2
p = 5n
p = 5(2)
p = 10
This proves there is only one way, 2 nickels and 10 pennies, not three.
If he had only 1 nickel, he'd need 15 pennies to have 20 cents. But
15 pennies is more than 5 times the number of nickels. So 1 nickel won't do.
If he had 3 nickels, he'd need have only 5 pennies to have $0.20. But
5 pennies is way less than 5 times the number of nickels. So 3 nickels won't do.
Sorry, but there is only one way, 2 nickels and 10 pennies.
Then I changed it to what is written at the top.
Edwin.