A jar contains 133 pennies. A bigger hat contains 1 2/7 times as many pennies. What is the value of the pennies in the bigger jar?

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Sannu · Answer 1 · 2019-02-04T00:51:00+0000

A jar contains 133 pennies. A bigger jar contains 1 2/7 times as many pennies.

A bigger jar contains
1 (2)/(7) = (9)/(7) times as many pennies.

Pennies in bigger hat =
(9)/(7) * pennies in the jar

=
(9)/(7)* 133 = (1197)/(7)= 171

So, there are 171 pennies in the bigger jar.