SOLUTION: textbopok harcourt math isbn 0-15-336695-8 page83 Mr Samuels has 150 pennies in two jars. There are 40 more pennies in one jar than in the other. How many pennies are in the jar?

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Question 161973: textbopok harcourt math isbn 0-15-336695-8 page83
Mr Samuels has 150 pennies in two jars. There are 40 more pennies in one jar than in the other. How many pennies are in the jar?
Answer by vleith(2983) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let J be the pennies in the first jar. Then J%2B40 are in the second jar.
You are told the total in both jars is 150
Jar1+%2B+Jar2+=+150
J+%2B+%28J%2B40%29+=+150+
2J+%2B+40+=+150
2J+=+110
J+=+55
The first jar has 55 pennies, the second one has 55%2B40 = 95 pennies.
That's not a lot of pennies for two big jars :)