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Alicia opens her piggy bank to find only nickels and dimes inside she counts the coins and finds that she has 61 coins totaling $4.85 how many nickels were in the pay bank and how many dimes?

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23nickles and 37dimes

23×.05=1.15
37×.10=3.70

3.70+1.15=4.85
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