Whats the sum of 2/5 and 2/4
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Answer:
The number of pennies,nickels and dimes are (p,n,d)=(3,4,6).
Further explanation:
Given:
A box holding pennies, nickels and dimes contains thirteen coins in a box.
Total value is 83 cents.
Calculation:
Consider p,n and d be the number of pennies, nickel and dimes.
Now, total is 13 coins so
As we know that these following are US coin.
Penny=1 cent
Nickel=5 cents
Dime=10 cents
Step 1:
The value is already given as 83 cents that is 80+3 cents.
80 cents can be possible in many combinations as follows:
(N,D)=(0,8),(2,7),(4,6),(6,5),(8,4),(10,3),(12,2),(14,1),(16,0)
It is given that the total number of cents is 13 so we choose (4,6) as (n,d) .
So the value of nickel n=4
Dimes d=6
Step 2:
The value of p is calculated as follows:
Substitute 4 for n, 6 for d in equation as follows:
p=3
Thus, the number of pennies,nickels and dimes are (p,n,d)=(3,4,6).
I will say there are two ways to solve this problem. The first is, you can use your calculator and calculate it to see which is the closest to 2. The second way is divide it and here is how you do it:
1 is just 1
15/16 = 16 goes into 15 for less than one
17/8 = 8 goes into 17 for more than two so you can rewrite it as
63/33 = 33 does not go into 63 for two
So the answer is 17/8
1 is just 1
15/16 = 16 goes into 15 for less than one
17/8 = 8 goes into 17 for more than two so you can rewrite it as
63/33 = 33 does not go into 63 for two
So the answer is 17/8