Al saves pennies. Al agreed to give 3/5 of his pennies to Bev if she would give 3/5 of what she got from Al to Carl and if Carl in turn would give 3/5 of what he got from Bev to Dani. Bev, Carl, and Dani received 189 pennies. How many pennies did Al have initially?

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anonymous · Answer

what's a penny? a coin?  i don't know american coins. .

anonymous · Answer

a penny is one cent
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anonymous · Answer

neways it makes no diff

anonymous · Answer

I gtg sorry i cant help out :(

anonymous · Answer

It is a coin.

anonymous · Answer

The answer was not correct. I'm sorry if you misunderstood, the question asks how many coins Al had to begin with.

anonymous · Answer

is it 189 each?

anonymous · Answer

does bec, carl and dani received 189 each?

anonymous · Answer

Click 0.JPG first then 00.JPG. This is an example only using different numbers. I am not understanding the example.

anonymous · Answer

If only Dani received 189 pennies, then Al started with 875.  If all 3 of them combined received 189 pennies, Al had 315

directrix · Answer

875.

(27/125) P = 189. P = 875

anonymous · Answer

let x be the amount Al  started with
x*3/5=amount Bev has
x*3/5*3/5=amount Carl has
x*3/5*3/5*3/5=amount Dani has
so 189=x*3/5*3/5*3/5
x=875

anonymous · Answer

Thank you!! This was sucking the life out of me. ;D

anonymous · Answer

The wording of the problem is retarded.   It makes it look like all 3 combined got 189.

anonymous · Answer

It totally is!

anonymous · Answer

3/5x + 3/5(3/5x) + 3/5[3/5(3/5x)]=x+189

is my representation correct??