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Joey has 10 coins one of his coins is a 50 cent piece. If he has a total of $.85 what are the other coins

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Explanation:

First, take 1 coin away and subtract .5 from the total of 85 cents to get 9 coins for 35 cents. Then, you must figure out any amount of coins that will fit that value for 9 coins; A penny = 1 cent, nickel = 5 cents and dime = 10 cents

You can do 2 nickels 2 dimes and 5 pennies for 9 coins total.

You can also do an equation for more intricate problems:

.10x + .05y + .01z = .35

where you would solve for a variable and input the new equation in that variable to solve for your variables. I hope this helps :)

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