Write an equation to show how the amount of money in a jar of nickels is related to the number of nickels in the jar

Question

b. If the jar contains 33 nickels, how much money is this?

Answer 1

Let N=#nickels in the jar

M=total amount of money

 

M=.05N

 

b.  If there are 33 nickels

     M=.05(33)= $1.65