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A collection of coins contains 15 nickels, 5 quarters, and 7 dimes. What is the percentage of dimes in the collection? Express your answer to two significant figures and include the appropriate units. ​

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Once upon a time, in a land far, far away, there was a collection of coins that contained 15 nickels, 5 quarters, and 7 dimes. The dimes, being the smallest of the coins, often felt overshadowed by the larger nickels and quarters. But one day, they decided to find out just how important they were in the collection.

So, they did some math and found out that there were a total of 15 + 5 + 7 = 27 coins in the collection. And since there were 7 dimes, the percentage of dimes in the collection was (7/27) * 100% = 25.93%.

The dimes were overjoyed to find out that they made up over a quarter of the collection! From then on, they held their heads high and jingled with pride. And they all lived happily ever after.

The end.

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