Let the number of half dollars be x,
number of quarters = x + 2
amount of half dollars = 0.5x
amount of quarters = 0.25(x + 2)
= 0.25x + 0.5
total amount = 0.5x + 0.25x + 0.5
= 0.75x + 0.5
0.75x + 0.5 = 11.75
0.75x = 11.25
x = 15
number of quarters = x + 2
= 15 + 2
= 17
There are 17 quarters and 15 half dollars.
12 * 100 = 1200/96 = 12.5
Answer = 12.5%
You mulitply 12 by a hunndred, since a percent means "out of a hundred." Then, you divide that, by 96, since, you want to find the percent out of 96.
You can see that you add 1x to each expression in the sequence, which means that the first expression will be 2x, and the second one 3x. You also add 2 to each x, which means that the first expression will be 1, and the second one 2.
2x+1, 3x+3, 4x+5, 5x+7, 6x+9, 7x+11, 8x+13....
