Question

Jeremy has $5.30 in nickels.

Which equation can be used to find how many nickels, x, Jeremy has?

Answer 1

5.30 = 0.05x, where x is the amount of nickels.

Answer 2

valuetotal=value per coin times number of coins
valuetotal=5.30 dollars
value per coin=5 cents or 0.05 dollars
number of coins is x


5.30=0.05x