Question 724674: You have 59 coins consisting of pennies and
nickels. The coins total $2.87. How many
coins are pennies? How many are nickels? Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! You have 59 coins consisting of pennies and
nickels. The coins total $2.87. How many
coins are pennies? How many are nickels?
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Quantity Eq::: p + n = 59 coins
Value Eq:::::: p +5n = 287 cents
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Subtract and solve for "n":
4n = 228
n = 57 (# of nickels)
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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