A change purse contains an equal number of pennies, nickels, and dimes. The total value of the coins is $$2.40$ . How many coins of each does the purse have?

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Answer 1 · 2017-07-23T08:03:45

There are $15$ coins of each denomination.

Each penny is one cent, each nickel is $5$ cents and each dime is $10$ cents

Let there be $k$ number of each and therefore their value is

$10k+5k+k=240$

$16k=240$

$k=240/16=15$

Hence, there are $15$ coins of each denomination.

A change purse contains an equal number of pennies, nickels, and dimes. The total value of the coins is $2.40$2.40. How many coins of each does the purse have?