Nina has some nickels and 9 pennies in her pocket. Her friend has twice as many nickels. Together, these coins are worth $.84. H
ow many nickels does Nina have?
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Answer:
? = 7.
Step-by-step explanation:
The two triangles are similar because of the AA Theorem.
The larger triangle's side that is equal to 9 + 3 corresponds to the smaller triangle's side length of 9, while the larger triangle's 21 + ? side corresponds to the smaller triangle's 21 side. Now, we can set up a proportion!
? + 21 = 7 * 4
? + 21 = 28
? = 28 - 21
? = 7
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