Question

Ty has a total of $4.32 in quarters and pennies in his wallet. He has two times as many pennies as he does quarters. How many of each coin does he have? A)Quarters?B) Pennies?

Answer 1

There are total 4.32 dollars in quarters and pennies.

Let the pennies be x and quarters be y.

It is given that he has two times as many pennies as he does quarters.

`x=2y`

The equation formed is

`x+y=4.32`
`2y+y=4.32`
`3y=4.32`
`y=1.44`

The value of x is x=2y therefore

`x=2*1.44=2.88`

Hence the quarters coin he has is 1.44 dollar and pennies coins he has is 2.88 dollar.