Ty has a total of $4.32 in quarters and pennies in his wallet. He has two times as many pennies as he does quarters. How many of each coin does he have? A)Quarters?B) Pennies?



Answer :

There are total 4.32 dollars in quarters and pennies.

Let the pennies be x and quarters be y.

It is given that he has two times as many pennies as he does quarters.

[tex]x=2y[/tex]

The equation formed is

[tex]x+y=4.32[/tex][tex]2y+y=4.32[/tex][tex]3y=4.32[/tex][tex]y=1.44[/tex]

The value of x is x=2y therefore

[tex]x=2\times1.44=2.88[/tex]

Hence the quarters coin he has is 1.44 dollar and pennies coins he has is 2.88 dollar.