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?

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Paxton Malone

Mathematics

2 February, 09:56

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?

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Giovanna Shields · Answer 1

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.