Question

Challenge  A bag contains​ pennies, nickels,​ dimes, and quarters. There are 50 coins in all. Of the​ coins, ​% are pennies and ​% are dimes. There are more nickels than pennies. How much money does the bag​ contain?

The bag contains ​$

Answer 1

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10% of 50 coins is/are 5 coins. So, 5 coins are pennies.

40% of 50 coins is/are 20 coins. So, 20 coins are dimes.

The number of nickels is (5 + 9) = 14, according to the condition.

Then quarters are the rest (50 - 5 - 20 - 14) = 11 coins.

Now you can easily calculate the total and answer the question

Total = 5*1 + 14*5 + 20*10 + 11*25 = 550 cents = $5.50. ANSWER

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