Question

Jimmy has seven times as many dimes as nickels. Their value is $3.75. How many nickels does he have?

Answer 1

The answer would be 5. A nickel is 5 cents. So 5*5 would be 25 cents. Then the amount of nickels is times 7 and that's how many dimes there are. Which is 35. So then you times 35 by 10 which is 350cents which equals 3.50 $ so then add the 25 cent from earlier with the nickels and you have the amount you needed 3.75$

Answer 2

Jimmy=7x=37
         =?n=1
because 370/10=37 and 5 left over
      37           r5
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10/3.75
 -   30
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       75
 -     70
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         5
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