Nina has some nickels and 9 pennies in her pocket. Her friend, Maurice has twice as many nickels as Nina. Together these coins a

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3 years ago

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re worth 84 cents. how mant nickels does Nina have? Let N = the amount of nickels Nina has

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algol13 · Answer 1 · 2021-12-29T00:53:13+03:00

algol133 years ago

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So Maurice would have 2N nickels

Total number of coins is N + 2N + 9 = 3N + 9

Each nickel is 5 pennies

3N of nickels = 15N pennies

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Their worth is 84 cents

15N + 9 = 84

15N = 75

N = 75/15 = 5

N = 5

This means Nina has 5 nickels.