tony has 15 pennies in his pocket. 5/8 of his coins are pennies. how many coins does tony have in his pocket?

Answer 1

This is an easy problem and can be solved as follows:

Let the coins in Tony's pocket = x

5/8 of the coins are pennies, so

5/8 x = 15

x = 15 * 8 / 5 = 24 coins

Answer 2

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