SOLUTION: Evelyn found a coin purse containing twenty-six coins consisting of 25 centavos and 50 centavos. If tha amount was 76.50 pesos, how many coins of each kind there in the purse?
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Question 778880: Evelyn found a coin purse containing twenty-six coins consisting of 25 centavos and 50 centavos. If tha amount was 76.50 pesos, how many coins of each kind there in the purse? Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Evelyn found a coin purse containing twenty-six coins consisting of 25 centavos and 50 centavos. If tha amount was 76.50 pesos, how many coins of each kind there in the purse?
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Note: 26 of those coins cannot have a value of 76.50 pesos.
Even if all 26 coins were 50 centavos pieces the value would
only be 13 pesos.
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