SOLUTION: when the piggy bank was opened, it yielded $4.75 in nickels and pennies. If there were 175 coins in all, how many were nickels and how many were pennies? Please help me

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Question 963008: when the piggy bank was opened, it yielded $4.75 in nickels and pennies. If there were 175 coins in all, how many were nickels and how many were pennies?

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when the piggy bank was opened, it yielded $4.75 in nickels and pennies. If there were 175 coins in all, how many were nickels and how many were pennies?
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p + n = 175
1p + 5n = 475
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