A bag contains pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters. There are 50 coins in all. Of the coins,18 % are pennies and 30 % are dimes. There are more 2 nickels than pennies. How much money does the bag contain?
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Given :
A bag contains 50 coins
To find :
Total amount of the coins bag contains.
Solution:
According to the given statement, a bag contains 50 coins.
Number of pennies = 18% of 50
= 0.18 × 50
= 9 pennies
Number of dimes = 30% of 50
= 0.30 × 50
= 15 dimes
Number of nickels = 2 more than pennies
= 2 + 9
= 11 nickels
Number of quarters = Rest of the coins
= 50 -(9 + 15 + 11)
= 50 - 35
= 10 quarters
Since,
1 penny = 0.01 dollar
9 pennies = 0.01 × 9 = 0.09 dollar
1 dime = 0.10 dollar
20 dimes = 0.10 × 15 = 1.50 dollar
1 nickel = 0.05 dollar
11 nickel = 0.05 × 11 = 0.55 dollar
1 quarter = 0.25 dollar
10 quarter = 0.25 × 10 = 2.50 dollars
Total value of the coins in the bag = 0.09 + 1.50 + 0.55 + 2.50
= 4.64 dollars
The bag contains 4.64 dollars.
Answer:
the answer is 5.29
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