SOLUTION: a coin bank contains pennies,nickels, and dimes. there are six times as many nickels as pennies and four times as many dimes as pennies the total amount of money in the bank is $7

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Question 360933: a coin bank contains pennies,nickels, and dimes. there are six times as many nickels as pennies and four times as many dimes as pennies the total amount of money in the bank is $7.81. find the number of pennies in the bank
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Let P be the number of pennies, N the number of nickels, and D the number of dimes.
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1P%2B5N%2B10D=781
N=6P
D=4P
Substitute,
P%2B5%286P%29%2B10%284P%29=781
P%2B30P%2B40P=781
71P=781
highlight%28+P=11%29
Then
N=6%2811%29
highlight%28N=66%29
And,
D=4%2811%29
highlight%28D=44%29