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Kent has a collection of pennies and nickels with a value of 1.98. The number of pennies he has is five less than twice the numb

er of nickels. How many of each coin does Kent have?

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BaLLatris [955] · Answer 1 · 2022-05-21T00:38:13+03:00

BaLLatris [955]3 years ago

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Kent has a collection of pennies and nickles with a value of $1.98. The number of pennies he has is five less than twice the number of nickles. How many of each coin does Kent have?

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p + 5n = 198

p = 2n - 5

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Sub for p

2n-5 + 5n = 198