Question 118619
"It is possible to have 46 coins consisting of pennies and nickels totaling exactly one dollar. Is she right or wrong? How?
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We can find out by solving it and seeing if we get an integer answer:
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c = no. of pennies; n = no. of nickels
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c + n = 46
:
.01c + .05n = 1.00
Eliminate the decimals, mult by 100, then subtract the 1st equation
1c + 5n = 100
1c + 1n =  46
---------------subtracting eliminates c
0c + 4n = 54
n = 54/4
n = 13.5, therefore the answers is; she's wrong