Cleaning up around the kennel you picked up a total of 52 coins. Unfortunately, they were only pennies and nickels. The value of the coins was $1.20. How many pennies and how many nickels did you pick up?

Question

Cleaning up around the kennel you picked up a total of 52 coins.  Unfortunately, they were only pennies and nickels.  The value of the coins was $1.20.  How many pennies and how many nickels did you pick up?
Solve using Elimination Method.

drwls · Answer

Let the number of pennies be P and the number of mickels be N. P + N = 52 P + 5N = 120 4N = 120 - 52 = 68 N = 68/4 = __