Question 501981
notta looney has 45 coins with a total value of a dollar and 95 cents.The coins are nickels dimes and pennies. she has twice as many pennies as dimes and five more nickels than dimes. How many nickels does notta have
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let x=no of dimes
x+5=no of nickels
2x=no of pennies
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x+x+5+2x=45
4x=40
x=10
x+5=15
Check…
10*.10+15*.05+20*.01=1+.75+.20=$1.95
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 ans;
Notta has 15 nickels, 10 dimes and 20 pennies