SOLUTION: Three quarters of andres collection of coins is pennies. Of the remaining coins, 2/5 are quarters if there are 280 coins in his collection, what is the value of the quarters?

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Question 1172970: Three quarters of andres collection of coins is pennies. Of the remaining coins, 2/5 are quarters if there are 280 coins in his collection, what is the value of the quarters?
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Three quarters of andres collection of coins is pennies.
Of the remaining coins, 2/5 are quarters
if there are 280 coins in his collection,
3%2F4 *280 = 210 are pennies
then 70 coins remain
2%2F5*70 = 28 coins are quarters
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what is the value of the quarters?
.25(28) = $7.00