SOLUTION: if you have a dollar in coins and you have six coins and five of them are dimes then what is the other coin

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Question 664613: if you have a dollar in coins and you have six coins and five of them are dimes then what is the other coin
Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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if you have a dollar in coins and you have six coins and five of them are dimes then what is the other coin.
Equation:
5 dimes + 1? = 6 coins
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5*10 + 1? = 100 cents
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50 + 1? = 100
1? = 50
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? = a 50 cent piece
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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