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7 dimes is how many nickels?

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Mar 4, 2018

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Explanation:

The conversion factor of dimes to nickels is:

$1$ $1$ dime $= 2$ $= 2$ nickels

Multiply each side of the equation by $7$ $color(red)(7)$ to find how many nickels is equivalent to 7 dimes:

$7 \times 1$ $color(red)(7) xx 1$ dime $= 7 \times 2$ $= color(red)(7) xx 2$ nickels

$7$ $7$ dimes $= 14$ $= 14$ nickels

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