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  • 11-10-2017
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Jonah has collected 91 coins worth $7.20 in his piggy bank. his collection includes only dimes and nickels. how many dimes are there in jonah's piggy bank?

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  • 21-10-2017
There are 53 dimes in Jonahs piggy bank. You must use algebra to solve for a variable X as follows: x.10+(91-X).05=7.2 Solving through will yield X =53 which means 91 - 53 = 38. 53*.10 + 38*.05 = $7.20. Other methods will also work, but this is the most straight forward.
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