the ratio of quarters to nickels is 2 to 5. if the total value of all the coins is 4.0 how many coins are there

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anonymous · Answer

I must be doing this wrong. I've tried setting it up multiple ways and never come up w/ whole numbers (and therefore only parts of coins)

anonymous · Answer

im sorry i made  a mistake its 4.50 not 4.o so sorry!

anonymous · Answer

Ahhh ok. I was abou to say, I don't think you can evenly divide 4 by 7 haha : )

anonymous · Answer

I'm still not getting it carolyn13. If u happen to figure it out, plz post so I can see what I did wrong 
sorry : /

anonymous · Answer

4.50/.75=6 6x7 coins in the ratio= 42 coins in total [[:

anonymous · Answer

I literally JUST got it, lol. ><

anonymous · Answer

via plug n chug

anonymous · Answer

nice job tho! what is .75 tho?
i realize it's 2*.25 + 5*.05
but what would u call that?
and for that matter what would u call 6?