Question

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Timothy has 72 coins, consisting of quarters, dimes, nickels, and 8 pennies. Samantha comes and takes all of his quarters, takes 3 of his dimes, takes 2 of his nickels, and leaves him with one penny, leaving him with 45 coins. What is the value of quarters that Samantha took?

Answer 1

72 - 45 = 27

Samantha took 27 coins. She took 3 dimes, 2 nickels and all but 1 penny, so 7 pennies. This is 12 coins. The rest must be quarters. 27 - 12 = 15 quarters.

15 x 0.25 = 5.25

The value of the quarters that Samantha took is $3.75.

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