SOLUTION: Karen empties out her purse and finds 45 loose coins, consisting entirely of nickels and pennies. If the total value of the coins is $1.37, how many nickels and how many pennies do
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Question 443732: Karen empties out her purse and finds 45 loose coins, consisting entirely of nickels and pennies. If the total value of the coins is $1.37, how many nickels and how many pennies does she have? Found 2 solutions by jorel1380, Alan3354:Answer by jorel1380(3719) (Show Source):
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If all 45 coins were pennies, the total would be $0.45
Each coin that is a nickel instead increases the total by 4 cents.
137 - 45 = 88 cents
88/4 = 22 pennies replaced by nickels
--> 22 nickels, 23 pennies.
