Question

Kent has a collection of pennies and nickels with a value of 1.98. The number of pennies he has is five less than twice the number of nickels. How many of each coin does Kent have?

Answer 1

Kent has a collection of pennies and nickles with a value of $1.98. The number of pennies he has is five less than twice the number of nickles. How many of each coin does Kent have?

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p + 5n = 198

p = 2n - 5

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Sub for p

2n-5 + 5n = 198