Question

Yaritza finds some nickels and pennies in her change purse. How many coins does she have if she has 140 nickels and 130 pennies? How many coins does she have if she has nn nickels and pp pennies?

Answer 1

As per given by the question,

There are given that 140 nickels and 130 pennies.

Now,

The number of nickels is 140 and number of pennies is 130.

So,

The total number of coin is:

`140+130=270`

Hence, 270 coins does she have if she has 140 nickels amd 130 pennies.

And,

The total coint that have n nickels and p pennies is:

`n+p`

The asnwer is:

`\begin{gathered} (a)\text{ 270 coins} \\ (b)\text{ n+p coins} \end{gathered}`