Question

A piggy bank contains the same number of quarters, nickels, and dimes. the coins total $4.40. how many of each type of coin does the piggy bank contain?

Answer 1

Answer: 11 of each type

Explanation:

Answer 2

Let the number of each coin be n.

The total sum of these coins is $4.40. So we can write:

n Nickles + n Dimes + n Quarters = 4.40

0.05n + 0.10n + 0.25n = 4.40

0.40n = 4.40

n = 11

So this means, there are 11 coins of each type.