Question

Susan has a collection of 72 nickels and dimes. If the number of nickels is five times the number of​ dimes, how many nickels and how many dimes does she​ have?

Answer 1

the number of nickels and dimes is 60 and 12 respectively

Explanation:

The computation of the number of nickels and dimes is shown below:

Let us assume the number of dimes be x

So, the number of nickels be 5x

Now according to the question

x + 5x = 72

6x = 72

x = 12

and 5x = 12(5) = 60

hence, the number of nickels and dimes is 60 and 12 respectively