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Question from Sariah: Macy's coin collection has 2 pennies for every nickel. If she has 60 coins that are pennies or nickels, how many nickels does she have? |
Hi Sariah,
Put the coins in groups where each group has 1 nickel and 2 pennies.
How many groups are there?
Penny
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