These are the first sentences in the short story, "The Gift of the Magi," by O. Henry:"One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. And sixty cents of it was in pennies."A. Simplify the equation that represents the value of the coins. Make it an equation that expresses the value of quarters, dimes, and nickels. Show your work.B. Is it possible to have exactly 60 pennies in $1.87? Explain.
Question
These are the first sentences in the short story, "The Gift of the Magi," by O. Henry:"One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. And sixty cents of it was in pennies."A. Simplify the equation that represents the value of the coins. Make it an equation that expresses the value of quarters, dimes, and nickels. Show your work.B. Is it possible to have exactly 60 pennies in $1.87? Explain.
Solution
A. The total amount of money is 1.27 (0.60).
We can express this amount in terms of quarters (25 cents), dimes (10 cents), and nickels (5 cents).
Let's denote the number of quarters as Q, dimes as D, and nickels as N.
The equation representing the value of the coins would be:
25Q + 10D + 5N = 127
This equation can be simplified by dividing all terms by 5:
5Q + 2D + N = 25.4
However, since the number of coins must be an integer, the equation 5Q + 2D + N = 25.4 does not make sense in this context because 25.4 is not an integer. Therefore, it is not possible to express $1.27 exactly using quarters, dimes, and nickels.
B. Yes, it is possible to have exactly 60 pennies in 1.27 could be made up of other coins (quarters, dimes, nickels).
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