Janet has three coins.
One coin has a value
that is 5 times another
coin. The third coin has
a value that is 2 times
another coin. She has
404 altogether. What
coins does she have?
Write an equation to
represent your work and
solve.

Janet has coins worth 252.5, 101, and 50.5.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let us call the three coins , and .

The first coin is 5 times another coin (let's say ); therefore,

,

and the third coin is 2 times the value of another coin (it's coin ):

.

The total worth of all coins is 404; therefore,

or

with the value of in hand, we find and :

and for

Thus, Janet has 3 coins worth 252.5, 101, and 50.5.

answer: median

step-by-step explanation:

the median is the middle value when a data set is ordered from least to greatest