Let's say you and a friend went to the mall together. You both bought items at several different stores. When the two of you got back to your house and started looking through your purchases, your friend came across some loose change at the bottom of one of the bags. You said it was yours. Your friend said it was hers. Before the argument got too heated, your friend said she had an idea for how to settle the problem.
If you can figure out the exact coins that I found, you can have the money. If not, I'll keep it myself.

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Let's say you and a friend went to the mall together. You both bought items at several different stores. When the two of you got back to your house and started looking through your purchases, your friend came across some loose change at the bottom of one of the bags. You said it was yours. Your friend said it was hers. Before the argument got too heated, your friend said she had an idea for how to settle the problem.
If you can figure out the exact coins that I found, you can have the money. If not, I'll keep it myself.

anonymous · Answer

Here are your clues.
	There are twenty coins altogether.	
There are only pennies and nickels.
And the total value of the coins is forty-eight cents.

ivettef365 · Answer

if you have 8 penies, then how many nickles ?

anonymous · Answer

Thanks for your help I got it though! :)

ivettef365 · Answer

what did you get ?