Jada has p pennies and n nickels that add up to more than 40 cents. She had fewer than 20 coins altogether. Write a system of inequalities that represent how many pennies and nickels that jada could have.

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Ashleigh Erickson

8 August, 17:03

Jada has p pennies and n nickels that add up to more than 40 cents. She had fewer than 20 coins altogether. Write a system of inequalities that represent how many pennies and nickels that jada could have.

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Abby · Answer 1

5n+p>40

n+p<20

Step-by-step explanation:

Since pennies are worth 1 cent and nickels 5, using n as the number of nickels and p as the number of pennies, we can say that 5*n+1*p>40. Then, n+p is less than 20, so n+p<20. Our answer is then

5n+p>40

n+p<20