Question

Earl when to the store and realize he had 7 more Nickles in his pocket then he thought he had. If all the change in earl’s pocket is nickles and he had $2.35 in his pocket, how many more nickles did he think were in his pocket

Answer 1

40 nickles

Explanation:

Here is the correct question: Earl went to the store and realize he had 7 more Nickles in his pocket then he thought he had; If all the change in earl’s pocket is nickles, he had $2.35 in his pocket, how many more nickles did he think were in his pocket ?

Given: All Nickles in the Earl´s pocket is $2.35.

Remember, 1 Nickles = $.05

∴ Converting the dollar to nickels

$2.35=
`(\$ 2.35)/(\$ .05) = 47 \ nickels`

Earl had total 47 nickels in his pocket.

∴ Earl earlier had nickles =
`47-7= 40 \ nickles`

∵ we know Earl had realized that he had 7 more nickles in his pocket, which means he already had 40 nickles to make $2.35.