5 times a number plus 4
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Answer:
40 nickles
Step-by-step explanation:
Here is the correct question: Earl went to the store and realize he had 7 more Nickles in his pocket then he thought he had; If all the change in earl’s pocket is nickles, he had $2.35 in his pocket, how many more nickles did he think were in his pocket ?
Given: All Nickles in the Earl´s pocket is $2.35.
Remember, 1 Nickles = $.05
∴ Converting the dollar to nickels
$2.35=
Earl had total 47 nickels in his pocket.
∴ Earl earlier had nickles =
∵ we know Earl had realized that he had 7 more nickles in his pocket, which means he already had 40 nickles to make $2.35.