Question

Challenge A bag contains pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters. There are 50 coins in all. Of the

coins, 12% are pennies and 34% are dimes. There are 7 more nickels than pennies. How much
money does the bag contain?

Answer 1

Answer:pennies: (0.12)(50) = 6

dimes: (0.34)(50) = 17

nickels: 6 + 2 = 8