A bag is filled with pennies and nickels in the ratio of 5 to 3. There are 60 nickles in the bag, how many coins are there in that bag?
Pick one: A) 40 B) 160 C) 65 D) 70 E) 80
A ratio of pennies to nickels of 5 to 3 means that we can write the number of pennies and nickels in the form   number of pennies = 5x and number of nickels = 3x   But we know the number of nickels, 60. Hence   3x = 60   Solve for x   x = 20   The total number of coins is given by   5x + 3x = 8x  5  + 3= 
<gadget id="calculator"> 5  + 3</gadget>
<output>8</output>
8x= 8 × 20 =160   Answer : 160
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A bag is filled with pennies and nickels in the ratio of 5 to 3. There are 60 nickles in the bag, how many coins are there in that bag?