What part of a quarter is 2 pennies, 2 nickels, and 1 dime?

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Can anyone solved this ?
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by barira1 » Wed Dec 02, 2009 10:19 pm
barira1 wrote:Can anyone solved this ?
i will post the answer later



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What part of a quarter is 2 pennies, 2 nickels, and 1 dime?
(A) 1/88
(B) 1/5
(C) 3/25
(D) 17/25
(E) 22/25

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by ace_gre » Wed Dec 02, 2009 11:31 pm
2 pennies = 2*1=2 Cents
1 dime = 1*10=10 Cents
2 nickels = 2*5=10 Cents
Total = 2+10+10=22

1 quarter = 1*25=25 Cents

Answer=22/25
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by Ian Stewart » Thu Dec 03, 2009 1:45 am
On the GMAT, it is not assumed you know what a nickel or dime is - the only conversions you need to know for the test are those of units of time. So this is not the type of question you'll encounter on test day.
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by ssuarezo » Fri Dec 04, 2009 11:53 am
Ian Stewart wrote:On the GMAT, it is not assumed you know what a nickel or dime is - the only conversions you need to know for the test are those of units of time. So this is not the type of question you'll encounter on test day.
Thank you for clarifying Ian .. my native language is not English, so I didn't know what a nickle was.
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