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Damon has five dimes and some nickels in his pocket, worth of a total of $1.20. To find the number of nickels Damon has a, student wrote the equation 5n + 50 = 1.29. Find the error in the students equation
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Damon has five dimes and some nickels in his pocket, worth of a total of $1.20. To find the number of nickels Damon has a, student wrote the equation 5n + 50 = 1.29. Find the error in the students equation

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the answer to the equation should be in cents whereas it is in dollars which would be incorrect 
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