These are the first sentences in the short story, "the gift of the magi," by o. henry:
"one dollar and eighty-seven cents. that was all. and sixty cents of it was in pennies."
a. simplify the equation that represents the value of the coins. make it an equation that expresses the value of quarters, dimes, and nickels.
b. is it possible to have exactly 60 pennies in $1.87? explain.
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set each factor equal to 0

4x-3 = 0

2x-1 = 0

solve for x.

4x-3=0

4x=3

x= 3/4

solve for x. 

2x-1= 0

2x= 1

x= 1/2

your answer should be 1/2 is less than or equal to x and 3/4 is greater than or equal to x

c

step-by-step explanation:

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answer

d. 10

explanation

the distance from point y to wx is the height of the triangle.

using pythagoras theorem,

group similar terms to get,

this implies that,

take positive square root of both sides to get,

this implies that,