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Jeremy has a piggy bank with 126 coins in it. lf the ratio of quarters to dimes to pennies is 5:3: 6, how many of each type of coin does Jeremy have?

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Dec 12, 2016

Out of $126$ coins, quarters are $45$ , dimes are $27$ and pennies are $54$ in number.

Explanation:

Out of $(5+3+6) =14$ coins, quarters are $5$ ,dimes are $3$ , pennies are $6$ in number.

Therefore ,Out of $126$ coins, quarters are $5/14*126=45$ ,dimes are $3/14*126=27$ , pennies are $6/14*126=54$ in number. [Ans]

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